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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Nashville, TN

November 16, 201339 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2013, 3:29 PM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 17, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2013, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 17, 2013, 9:36 PM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 39 counties

Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2013-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2013-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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.

954 
WWUS74 KOHX 162129
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
329 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID STATE ON SUNDAY. WITH
THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RANGE
FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO AND AROUND 40 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
AS WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE
SUNDAY NIGHT...GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH COULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER
COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING.

TNZ005>008-022>027-056>061-093>095-171000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.131117T1700Z-131118T0400Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-
MARSHALL-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...
PULASKI
329 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. TREE BRANCHES
  WILL LIKELY FALL...AND EVEN SOME WEAKER TREES COULD TOPPLE.
  LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AS WELL.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TNZ009>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-171000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.131117T1900Z-131118T0600Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-
FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
329 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. TREE BRANCHES
  WILL LIKELY FALL...AND LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND
  AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

AL
3 follow-up statements
729 
WWUS74 KOHX 171005
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
405 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR SUNDAY MID-
MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID STATE ON SUNDAY. WITH
THE STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RANGE
FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO AND AROUND 40 MPH DURING THE
MID MORNING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS
AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AS WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO THE
NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY NIGHT...GUSTS FROM 30
TO 40 MPH COULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE
WEAKENING.

TNZ005>008-022>027-056>061-093>095-180300-
/O.EXT.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.131117T1500Z-131118T0400Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-
MARSHALL-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...
PULASKI
405 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...MID MORNING SUNDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. TREE 
  BRANCHES WILL LIKELY FALL...AND EVEN SOME WEAKER TREES COULD 
  TOPPLE. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AS WELL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TNZ009>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-180300-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.131117T1900Z-131118T0600Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-
FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
405 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. TREE 
  BRANCHES WILL LIKELY FALL...AND LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE 
  BLOWN AROUND AS WELL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TB12
295 
WWUS74 KOHX 172146
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
346 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO APPROACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION HAVE KEPT WIND GUSTS
DOWN...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...AS WELL AS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEHIND THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE TONIGHT.

TNZ005>008-022>027-056>061-093>095-180400-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131118T0400Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-
MARSHALL-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...
PULASKI
346 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ESPECIALLY ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE
  BLOWN AROUND AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TNZ009>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-180600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131118T0600Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-
FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
346 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30-35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ESPECIALLY ON WEST-TO-EAST ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE
  BLOWN AROUND AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
35 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

AL
395 
WWUS74 KOHX 180336
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
936 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

TNZ009>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-180445-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131118T0600Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-
FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
936 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
BELOW 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. 

$$

TNZ005>008-022>027-056>061-093>095-180445-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-131118T0400Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-
MARSHALL-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...
PULASKI
936 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
BELOW 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. 

$$

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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.