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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

April 2, 2015Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2015, 2:07 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 2, 2015, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 5:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031000-
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 THU APR 2 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LOBELVILLE TO NASHVILLE TO LAFAYETTE LINE FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR OTHER LOCATIONS
ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MAIN CONCERNS WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALMOST ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. PICKETT...
FENTRESS...AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. MAIN CONCERNS
WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

PATCHY FROST FORMATION MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID 30S IN LOW LYING
AND SHELTER AREAS AND ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 2:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
207 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

TNZ032>034-066-021945-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PUTNAM-
207 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...OVERTON
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTEREY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE MONTEREY...CRAWFORD...
CLARKRANGE...GRIMSLEY AND ALLARDT.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE WATER TO RISE OVER ROADS AND FLOOD LOW
LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3629 8480 3628 8487 3624 8487 3621 8491
      3616 8490 3612 8485 3598 8527 3599 8530
      3601 8532 3603 8531 3604 8534 3612 8541
      3651 8491 3633 8477

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton	39 min
Apr 2, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	25 min
Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	39 min
Apr 2, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	52 min
Apr 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson	35 min
Apr 2, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	25 min
Apr 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	37 min
Apr 2, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	36 min
Apr 2, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	44 min
Apr 2, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	32 min
Apr 2, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.