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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

April 3, 2015Cumberland County, Fentress County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2015, 6:41 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Fentress County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2015, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, White County, TN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 3, 5:56 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 5:56 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 5:07 AM CDT, 13 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
507 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041015-
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-
507 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING OVER ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TO BE FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS BRIEF FLOODING DUE TO TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER
30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS OF THIS INTENSITY COULD BREAK TREE
LIMBS EVEN BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PATCHY FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WEST OF THE PLATEAU. THOSE WITH
TENDER VEGETATION MAY WANT TO CONSIDER EITHER COVERING VULNERABLE
PLANTS OR BRINGING THEM INDOORS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.

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

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:18 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:27 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:38 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
641 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

TNZ032>034-065-066-080-040030-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PUTNAM-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
641 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...
OVERTON...PUTNAM...VAN BUREN AND WHITE COUNTIES...

AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JAMESTOWN TO
SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CLARKRANGE...GRIMSLEY...ALLARDT...
DOYLE...PLEASANT HILL...VIRGIN FALLS STATE NATURAL AREA...SLATE
SPRINGS...CROSSVILLE...INDIAN ROCK LAKE...LAKE TANSI...FAIRFIELD
GLADE AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3583 8477 3576 8491 3574 8502 3576 8504
      3576 8525 3569 8528 3579 8560 3580 8561
      3642 8490 3637 8473 3634 8473 3629 8480
      3628 8487 3621 8491 3616 8490 3608 8480
      3599 8471 3592 8468

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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 3, 3:47 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	18 hr
Apr 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	34 min
Apr 3, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	38 min
Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	33 min
Apr 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	27 min
Apr 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	23 min
Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	50 min
Apr 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	34 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	30 min
Apr 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	43 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	51 min
Apr 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	47 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith, Wilson	31 min
Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	41 min
Apr 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Smith	38 min
Apr 3, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson	35 min
Apr 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Putnam, Smith, White	47 min
Apr 3, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	43 min
Apr 3, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	26 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford, Warren	46 min
Apr 3, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	49 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Marshall	43 min
Apr 3, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, White	39 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.