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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2015, 1:30 AM CST for 38 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2015, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.5 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS74 KOHX 280730 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 130 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHERN ARKANSAS NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE DAY. A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE WINDS OVER 35 MPH. TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-290000- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0005.151228T1500Z-151229T0000Z/ 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 130 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY FROM 9 AM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH.| * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYD 01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 11:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 25 min |
| Dec 28, 12:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis and 6 more | 56 min |
| Dec 28, 12:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Davidson, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and 3 more | 40 min |
| Dec 28, 3:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett and 3 more | 3 hr |
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.