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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2013, 3:49 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Overton County, Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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, 3:04 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:04 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 304 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 .DISCUSSION... WEAK UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHORTWAVE JUST UPSTREAM. MODERATE MOISTURE SOURCE AND SLIGHTLY INCREASED INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ISO-SCT CONVECTION INTO THE EARLY EVE. WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL MAKE SLOW TRANSITION TO RIDGING INTO THE LATE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH WEAK TROUGH AXIS DOES LINGER ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS WILL KEEP ANYTHING ORGANIZED FROM AFFECTING THE MID-SOUTH THUS CURRENT TREND WILL CONTINUE. MODERATE MOISTURE BELOW H7 AND DAYTIME HEATING/ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL KEEP LARGELY DIURNAL ISO-SCT STORMS IN THE MIX THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. NO REAL APPRECIABLE CHANGES IN OVERALL PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT CHANGES ARE IN SIGHT BY EARLY WED. UPPER RIDGE BREAKING DOWN MID-WEEK AS UPPER LOW SCOOTS NEAR THE US/CANADIAN BORDER. THIS WILL SHARPEN TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN US LATE WEEK...WITH AXIS SWINGING THROUGH POSSIBLY FRI. DAYTIME HEATING PUSHING TEMPS WELL INTO THE 80S TO AROUND 90 WILL PRODUCE DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH WED...WITH PCPN CHANCES RAMPING UP LATE IN THE WEEK WITH INCOMING TROUGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 68 89 68 89 / 20 20 20 20 CLARKSVILLE 66 90 67 89 / 20 20 20 20 CROSSVILLE 61 82 62 84 / 20 20 20 20 COLUMBIA 67 89 68 89 / 20 20 20 20 LAWRENCEBURG 67 89 67 89 / 20 20 20 20 WAVERLY 67 90 67 89 / 20 20 20 20 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:30 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 330 PM 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- 330 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
234 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
TNZ011-034-066-202015-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-PICKETT-
234 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS AND PICKETT
COUNTIES...
AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF
BYRDSTOWN TO 11 MILES NORTH OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE PLEASANT HILL...PALL MALL...INDIAN
ROCK LAKE...CLARKRANGE...LAKE TANSI...GRIMSLEY...JAMESTOWN...
CROSSVILLE AND ALLARDT.
SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3629 8479 3629 8487 3621 8491 3615 8490
3600 8472 3591 8469 3576 8491 3577 8525
3591 8522 3600 8526 3611 8522 3610 8515
3614 8510 3621 8508 3629 8512 3639 8512
3662 8504 3660 8478 3640 8467
TB12Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
242 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
TNZ008-027-028-059-062-202015-
DAVIDSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
242 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON...RUTHERFORD...SUMNER...
WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANTIOCH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK HILL...BERRY HILL...ANTIOCH...
PERCY PRIEST LAKE...RURAL HILL...LA VERGNE AND SMYRNA.
SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3631 8652 3608 8638 3587 8654 3588 8684
3609 8697 3632 8681
TB12Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:26 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 19 min |
| Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 22 min |
| Jun 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Smith | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham | 50 min |
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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.