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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT for Fentress 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
- May 11, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
County Fentress County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS84 KOHX 111908
SPSOHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
208 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TNZ011-034-111945-
FENTRESS-PICKETT-
208 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FENTRESS AND PICKETT COUNTIES...
AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE ALLARDT.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3637 8470 3637 8472 3634 8473 3633 8478
3629 8480 3629 8486 3627 8488 3634 8498
3658 8477 3652 8472 3643 8469 3641 8466
3640 8466
$$
10What 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 May 11, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1249 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL THREE TERMINALS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND THIS AFTERNOON. GIVE THE DECREASED COVERAGE VIA THE HRRR ELECTED TO PUT IN VCTS INSTEAD OF A TEMPO GROUP. WILL MONITOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR AMENDMENTS. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE RELAXING TONIGHT AND VEERING DUE TO FROPA TONIGHT. LAMP DATA SUGGESTING SOME BR FOR CSV TONIGHT. WINDS MAY STAY UP ENOUGH TO PREVENT THIS BUT INCLUDED TEMPO 5SM FOR THIS. REAGAN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1030 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015/ UPDATE... MAIN ITEM OF INTEREST FOR THE TODAY PERIOD IS THE CHANCES FOR A COUPLE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS. SPC HAS OUR SW COUNTIES HIGHLIGHTED WITH A SLIGHT RISK AND THE REST OF THE AREA WITH A MARGINAL RISK. HRRR INDICATES 1000-1500 J/KG SBCAPE SNEAKING INTO THE SOUTHWEST BY 18Z WITH SOME STORMS APPROACHING THAT AREA AT THE TIME. CURRENTLY RADAR SHOWS SOME STORMS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MS. TIMING THESE STORMS OUT PUTS THEM INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND 19Z. LATEST RUN OF THE HRRR IS MORE BULLISH WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION BROUGHT INTO THE AREA. PREVIOUS RUNS WERE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. TEND TO AGREE WITH THE EARLIER RUNS GIVEN THE LACK OF CONVERGENCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE STORMS. WITH ALL OF THIS...KEPT POPS AS THEY WERE. OVERALL HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE ON PACE. TWEAKED SOME HOURLY TEMPS ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST WHERE FULL SUN HAS ALLOWED A QUICK WARM UP BUT WARMING TRENDS SHOULD BE TEMPERED AS CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. REAGAN && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 10
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 10:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1039 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121545- 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- 1039 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR FAR SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TODAY...AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WARM AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW OF THOSE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE MAIN TIME FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 2 PM THROUGH 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE 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 10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
100 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TNZ033-034-066-111830-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-
100 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS AND OVERTON
COUNTIES...
AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CLARKRANGE...GRIMSLEY...ALLARDT
AND JAMESTOWN.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3629 8481 3628 8487 3624 8487 3621 8490
3614 8498 3624 8513 3649 8494 3635 8474
10Special weather statement, May 11, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
104 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TNZ065-078-080-111830-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-
104 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VAN BUREN...WARREN AND WHITE
COUNTIES...
AT 102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK AND
SPENCER.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3570 8527 3562 8536 3554 8547 3554 8554
3553 8557 3562 8569 3587 8545 3573 8526
3572 8526
10Local storm report, May 11, 1:23 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
123 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM HAIL 4 NE JAMESTOWN 36.47N 84.88W
05/11/2015 E1.00 INCH FENTRESS TN EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 154 AT CROCKETT CEMETERY RD.....PART OF ROOF BLOWN
OFF AN OLD BODY SHOP
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1500517
21Special weather statement, May 11, 1:35 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
135 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TNZ032>034-065-066-080-111900-
CUMBERLAND-FENTRESS-OVERTON-PUTNAM-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
135 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...
OVERTON...PUTNAM...VAN BUREN AND WHITE COUNTIES...
AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES EAST OF SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE VIRGIN FALLS STATE NATURAL AREA...
PLEASANT HILL...CROSSVILLE AND SLATE SPRINGS.
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3576 8513 3576 8525 3572 8526 3566 8532
3580 8552 3619 8514 3599 8479
10Special weather statement, May 11, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
208 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TNZ011-034-111945-
FENTRESS-PICKETT-
208 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FENTRESS AND PICKETT COUNTIES...
AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE ALLARDT.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3637 8470 3637 8472 3634 8473 3633 8478
3629 8480 3629 8486 3627 8488 3634 8498
3658 8477 3652 8472 3643 8469 3641 8466
3640 8466
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 30 min |
| May 11, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Van Buren | 26 min |
| May 11, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 25 min |
| May 11, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, White | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.