Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2015, 3:37 AM CST for 38 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Nov 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2015, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
All 38 counties
Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
2 follow-up statements
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
320 WWUS74 KOHX 180938 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 338 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS APPROACHING MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THE WEST WHILE A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS BRINGING SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE MID STATE DURING THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181800- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151118T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...ERIN...WAVERLY... DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY... SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA... MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO... LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 338 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH NOON TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. A FEW ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYD 01
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.