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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Nashville, TN

April 10, 201421 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2014, 3:02 AM CDT for 21 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 10, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2014, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 21 counties

Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-10Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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 100802
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
302 AM CDT THU APR 10 2014

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM...

.A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE
MORNING. THE RESULT WILL BE INCREASINGLY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
THAT WILL PERSIST MOST OF THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH WILL OCCUR.

TNZ005>010-023>031-056>060-062-101615-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0007.140410T1500Z-140411T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-RUTHERFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...MURFREESBORO
302 AM CDT THU APR 10 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...10 AM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LARGE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE MORE DIFFICULT 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:29 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOHX12 hr

Nearby

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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.