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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

October 8, 2014Cheatham County, Davidson County, Dickson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2014, 1:08 AM CDT for Cheatham County, Davidson County, Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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: Oct 8, 2014, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 6.6

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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 Oct 8, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1208 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2014

.AVIATION...
CURRENT LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH THE MID-STATE AS OF 05Z
WILL IMPACT VIS AND CIGS AT CKV...BNA...AND CSV EARLY IN THE
FORECAST. DURATION SHOULD BE BRIEF AS THE LINE OF STORMS IS
MOVING ABOUT 30KTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. AFTER THE LINE MOVES
THROUGH...EXPECT VFR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD.

&&

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

&&

05

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 5:00 AM CDT, 20 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2014

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-081000-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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 TUE OCT 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. MAIN CONCERNS
WILL BE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

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

31

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 8, 12:37 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1237 AM CDT WED OCT 08 2014

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

1236 AM     HAIL             GALLATIN                36.38N  86.45W
10/08/2014  E0.70 INCH       SUMNER             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR GALLATIN

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1400620

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Oct 8, 12:41 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1241 AM CDT WED OCT 08 2014

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

1239 AM     HAIL             1 WSW GALLATIN          36.37N  86.47W
10/08/2014  E1.00 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AROUND GALLATIN

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1400621

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Oct 8, 12:47 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1247 AM CDT WED OCT 08 2014

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

0214 AM     HAIL             MOUNT JULIET            36.21N  86.52W
10/07/2014  E0.70 INCH       WILSON             TN   FACEBOOK

            DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG NONAVILLE ROAD.

1135 PM     TSTM WND GST     CROSS PLAINS            36.54N  86.68W
10/07/2014  E70 MPH          ROBERTSON          TN   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC ESTIMATED WINDS UP TO 70 MPH IN CROSS PLAINS

1138 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E CROSS PLAINS        36.54N  86.66W
10/07/2014                   ROBERTSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN AND WINDS
            ESTIMATED UP TO 60 MPH

1140 PM     HAIL             CROSS PLAINS            36.54N  86.68W
10/07/2014  E1.00 INCH       ROBERTSON          TN   FACEBOOK

            PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE
            IN CROSS PLAINS

1200 AM     HAIL             WHITE HOUSE             36.46N  86.67W
10/08/2014  E0.70 INCH       ROBERTSON          TN   TWITTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WHITE HOUSE

1202 AM     HAIL             7 E WHITE HOUSE         36.45N  86.54W
10/08/2014  E0.88 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TWITTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 25 AND UPPER
            STATION CAMP ROAD

1210 AM     HAIL             GALLATIN                36.38N  86.45W
10/08/2014  E1.00 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN GALLATIN VIA
            SPOTTERNETWORK

1236 AM     HAIL             GALLATIN                36.38N  86.45W
10/08/2014  E0.70 INCH       SUMNER             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR GALLATIN

1239 AM     HAIL             1 WSW GALLATIN          36.37N  86.47W
10/08/2014  E1.00 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TWO REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AROUND GALLATIN

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1400613 OHX1400614 OHX1400615 OHX1400618 OHX1400617
OHX1400616 OHX1400619 OHX1400620 OHX1400621

31

Local storm report, Oct 8, 12:51 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1251 AM CDT WED OCT 08 2014

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

1248 AM     HAIL             4 SE GALLATIN           36.34N  86.40W
10/08/2014  E1.00 INCH       SUMNER             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT ODOMS BEND ROAD
            AT STEAM PLANT ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1400622

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Oct 8, 1:02 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 8, 1:08 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	48 min
Oct 7, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson	37 min
Oct 7, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	33 min
Oct 8, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	49 min
Oct 8, 12:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Sumner	115 min
Oct 8, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith, Sumner, Wilson	46 min
Oct 8, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	63 min
Oct 8, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	61 min
Oct 8, 2:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Rutherford	37 min
Oct 8, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Van Buren, Warren	49 min
Oct 8, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	34 min
Oct 8, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Grundy	39 min
Oct 8, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	33 min
Oct 8, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury	34 min
Oct 8, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

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.