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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Nashville, TN

February 9, 201339 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2013, 3:21 PM CST for 39 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2013, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 3:46 PM CST
In force
7 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 21:25 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, 9.4 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 2013-02-09Temperature 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 2013-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 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.

559 
WWUS74 KOHX 092121
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...

.AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE
GREAT LAKES...EXPECT A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP SUNDAY
MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH FOR MOST
AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.130210T1500Z-130211T0600Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
321 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...AS EARLY AS 9AM FOR AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE
  RIVER...AROUND NOON FOR AREAS ALONG I-65...AND BY 3PM FOR THE
  PLATEAU REGION.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTH OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT WINDS THIS STRONG TO BLOW AROUND LOOSE
  ITEMS...AND IMPACT EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS LAKES AND RIVERS...AND
  MAKE TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT.

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.

&&

$$

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3 follow-up statements
328 
WWUS74 KOHX 100936
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
336 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE
GREAT LAKES...EXPECT A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP TODAY AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH FOR MOST AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN
THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101800-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.130210T1500Z-130211T0600Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
336 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...AS EARLY AS 9AM FOR AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER... 
  AROUND NOON FOR AREAS ALONG I-65...AND BY 3PM FOR THE PLATEAU 
  REGION. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTH OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON. 

* IMPACTS...EXPECT WINDS THIS STRONG TO BLOW AROUND LOOSE 
  ITEMS...AND IMPACT EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS LAKES AND RIVERS...
  AND MAKE TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 

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.

&&

$$
192 
WWUS74 KOHX 101736
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1136 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-110145-
/O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0600Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1136 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

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

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTH OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT WINDS THIS STRONG TO BLOW AROUND LOOSE 
  ITEMS...AND IMPACT EXPOSED AREAS SUCH AS LAKES AND RIVERS... 
  AND MAKE TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 

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.

&&

$$
658 
WWUS74 KOHX 102146
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
346 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...DECREASING WIND GUSTS THIS EVENING...

.WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS EVENING...THEY WILL BE BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-102300-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0600Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
346 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

EXPECT WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...BELOW THE ADVISORY
THRESHOLD OF 35 MPH. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.