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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

June 20, 2013Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2013, 1:32 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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 20, 2013, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 692 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 20, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:02 AM CDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
502 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-211015-
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-
502 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:24 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
124 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

TNZ007-008-201900-
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-
124 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSS PLAINS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE WHITE HOUSE...ORLINDA...CROSS
PLAINS...COTTONTOWN...PORTLAND AND MITCHELLVILLE.

SMALL HAIL AND OUTFLOW WINDS GUSTING FROM 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3665 8657 3664 8657 3665 8655 3665 8624
      3639 8627 3641 8670 3665 8668

TB12
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
132 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

TNZ011-034-066-201900-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-PICKETT-
132 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS AND PICKETT
COUNTIES...

AT 128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
JAMESTOWN TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE PALL
MALL...JAMESTOWN...CLARKRANGE...LAKE TANSI...CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK...PICKETT STATE PARK...CROSSVILLE AND ALLARDT.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3629 8479 3629 8487 3620 8491 3615 8490
      3609 8480 3600 8472 3591 8469 3577 8490
      3577 8525 3609 8517 3614 8510 3615 8512
      3619 8508 3629 8512 3662 8504 3661 8478
      3640 8466

TB12

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner36 min
Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, Fentress30 min
Jun 20, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson26 min
Jun 20, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, Fentress41 min
Jun 20, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson33 min
Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson38 min
Jun 20, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford34 min
Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, Putnam3 hr
Jun 20, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson47 min
Jun 20, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, Overton, Putnam26 min
Jun 20, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb37 min
Jun 20, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford31 min
Jun 20, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford19 min
Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam26 min
Jun 20, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam20 min
Jun 20, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSmith32 min
Jun 20, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford29 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford25 min
Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam31 min
Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon22 min
Jun 20, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson36 min
Jun 20, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb31 min
Jun 20, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Marshall30 min
Jun 20, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb29 min
Jun 20, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Smith32 min
Jun 20, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall31 min
Jun 20, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon39 min
Jun 20, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay40 min
Jun 20, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay23 min
Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson41 min
Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham50 min

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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.