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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

June 1, 20134 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2013, 6:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2013, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Fentress County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 1, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
205 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

.DISCUSSION...
CONVECTION IN WEST TENNESSEE HAS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AS THE STRONGER
INSTABILITY REMAINS DOWN THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI JUTTING UP
INTO SOUTHEASTERN WEST TENNESSEE AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THIS
ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. AS WE GO INTO THE
LATE AFTERNOON AM EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS TO REFIRE DOWN THROUGH
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS WELL AS BACK IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND EASTERN
ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AM
EXPECTING 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID STATE
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE SURFACE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDS DOWN
THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND APPEARS TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN. SHOWERS
AND STORMS WILL BE ON- GOING SUNDAY MORNING AND PULL EAST DURING
THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING INTO THE AREA SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY.

HIGH TEMPS ARE A LITTLE COOLER SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BUT GO WE
RIGHT BACK UP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. NIGHTTIME LOWS COOL DOWN CLOSE TO 60
DEGREES BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWER
DEWPOINTS.

BOYD

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      70  81  61  78 / 100  50  05  05
CLARKSVILLE    68  79  58  78 /  90  30   0  05
CROSSVILLE     68  78  58  76 /  80  60  20  05
COLUMBIA       70  82  60  79 /  90  60  05  05
LAWRENCEBURG   70  82  59  79 /  90  60  05  05
WAVERLY        68  80  58  77 /  90  40   0  05

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

BOYD
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:00 AM CDT, 13 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021000-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
500 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL FOR MAINLY LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...
ALTHOUGH THE FORMATION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALSO. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE
LOCATIONS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION. MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...
ALTHOUGH HAIL AND THE FORMATION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN
PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNEESSEE ON SUNDAY. FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE MID STATE OF AROUND TWO INCHES
SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS TO ONE TO TWO INCHES ELSEWHERE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS ALONG WITH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TNZ028-061>064-075-077-095-012300-
BEDFORD-CANNON-COFFEE-DE KALB-GILES-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-WILSON-
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE...
DE KALB...GILES...MARSHALL...RUTHERFORD AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WATERTOWN TO MURFREESBORO TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWISBURG TO
ARDMORE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE UNIONVILLE...BELFAST...ROVER...
FRANKEWING...FARMINGTON...ROCKVALE...CEDARS OF LEBANON STATE PARK...
WALTERHILL...MURFREESBORO...LEWISBURG...ELKTON AND CORNERSVILLE.

BRIEF WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...AND HAIL OF DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3502 8700 3557 8680 3583 8648 3608 8632
      3608 8586 3534 8626 3538 8628 3540 8626
      3532 8642 3533 8647 3536 8649 3537 8659
      3532 8660 3531 8667 3525 8675 3526 8682
      3502 8683

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:26 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
526 PM CDT SAT JUN 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLEVUE                36.08N  86.93W
06/01/2013                   DAVIDSON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300457

UNGER

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:27 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
527 PM CDT SAT JUN 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MADISON                 36.26N  86.71W
06/01/2013                   DAVIDSON           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300458

UNGER

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
537 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TNZ009-010-030>033-064-012330-
CLAY-DE KALB-JACKSON-MACON-OVERTON-PUTNAM-SMITH-
537 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...DE KALB...JACKSON...
MACON...OVERTON...PUTNAM AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF
TOMPKINSVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTHAGE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GORDONSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE SOUTH CARTHAGE...ALEXANDRIA...
GORDONSVILLE...HICKMAN...GRANVILLE...MOSS...WHITLEYVILLE...
CENTER HILL LAKE...GAINESBORO...EDGAR EVANS STATE PARK
AND CELINA.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...AND HAIL TO DIME SIZE ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME
OF THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3661 8528 3658 8527 3635 8536 3608 8554
      3606 8557 3607 8606 3610 8607 3635 8590
      3663 8580 3662 8549 3663 8527

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
605 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TNZ032-063>065-075-077>080-012345-
BEDFORD-CANNON-COFFEE-DE KALB-GRUNDY-PUTNAM-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-
605 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE...DE
KALB...GRUNDY...PUTNAM...VAN BUREN...WARREN AND WHITE COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF
SMITHVILLE TO TULLAHOMA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE RAUS...WOODBURY...TULLAHOMA...
NORMANDY...LIBERTY...DOWELLTOWN...SMITHVILLE...MANCHESTER...EDGAR
EVANS STATE PARK...CENTERTOWN...SUMMITVILLE AND HILLSBORO.

WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

LAT...LON 3536 8610 3533 8626 3535 8625 3539 8628
      3536 8633 3535 8638 3596 8604 3597 8602
      3599 8602 3608 8597 3609 8529 3553 8555
      3552 8559 3550 8557 3532 8565 3533 8602

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
613 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TNZ011-032>034-020015-
FENTRESS-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-
613 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FENTRESS...OVERTON...PICKETT AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF
BYRDSTOWN TO LIVINGSTON TO BAXTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  WINDS TO
40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE RICKMAN...BURGESS FALLS STATE
PARK...LIVINGSTON...COOKEVILLE...ALGOOD...BYRDSTOWN...CRAWFORD...
MONTEREY...PALL MALL...JAMESTOWN...GRIMSLEY AND ALLARDT.

WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3636 8470 3637 8472 3629 8479 3629 8487
      3615 8492 3617 8503 3610 8515 3611 8523
      3605 8525 3604 8535 3608 8553 3602 8565
      3603 8567 3638 8538 3653 8536 3654 8528
      3663 8527 3660 8477 3640 8466

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry and 2 more	67 min
Jun 1, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Fentress, Pickett	46 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale	28 min
Jun 1, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Maury, Williamson	47 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Sumner	46 min
Jun 1, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	24 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	23 min
Jun 1, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Marshall, Rutherford	40 min
Jun 1, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	41 min
Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Marshall, Rutherford	46 min
Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Smith	53 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Warren, White	40 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White	25 min
Jun 1, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White	38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.