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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2015, 2:34 AM CST for 38 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2015, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 08:39 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, 8.6 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
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WWUS74 KOHX 130834 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 234 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...VERY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... .A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE CAUSING GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT. WHILE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND VERY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS WELL...THESE WINDS WILL BE AHEAD OF THAT LINE. TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-132200- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.151214T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ 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 234 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...6 PM SUNDAY UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE AND LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 27
2 follow-up statements
381 WWUS74 KOHX 132022 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 222 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...VERY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MID TENNESSEE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING NORTH OF THE REGION. THESE FEATURES WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENTLY OVER 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST AHEAD OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. THE LINE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE TENNESSEE RIVER TOWARD 10 PM...NASHVILLE AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THE PLATEAU AROUND 3 AM. AS THE SHOWERS APPROACH...WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL DECREASING TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY...BUT SPEEDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AROUND LUNCH TIME MONDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY BY SUNDOWN MONDAY EVENING. TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-140600- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.151214T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ 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 222 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...6 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT. A FEW LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH WINDS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AS WELL...AND THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 13
036 WWUS74 KOHX 140517 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1117 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...VERY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MID TENNESSEE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING NORTH OF THE REGION. THESE FEATURES WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENTLY OVER 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR JUST AHEAD OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. THE LINE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE TENNESSEE RIVER BY MIDNIGHT...NASHVILLE AROUND 3 AM... AND THE PLATEAU AROUND 6 AM. AS THE SHOWERS APPROACH...WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BE DECREASING TOWARD DAYBREAK MONDAY...BUT SPEEDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AROUND LUNCH TIME MONDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY BY SUNDOWN MONDAY EVENING. TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141200- /O.CON.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T1200Z/ 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 1117 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT. A FEW LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH WINDS MAY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AS WELL... AND THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 21
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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.