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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

May 2, 2016Van Buren County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 12:08 PM CDT for Van Buren 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 2, 2016, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Van Buren County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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What 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 2, 10:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 10:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:13 AM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
513 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031015-
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-
513 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TODAY'S STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

ROSE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 10:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 11:11 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 11:45 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1145 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

TNZ034-066-021715-
CUMBERLAND TN-FENTRESS TN-
1145 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND
SOUTHWESTERN FENTRESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...

AT 1145 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTH OF FAIRFIELD GLADE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF CROSSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKRANGE.

LAT...LON 3608 8497 3620 8507 3631 8490 3628 8488
      3624 8488 3624 8489 3623 8489 3621 8491
      3618 8490 3615 8491 3613 8487 3610 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 234DEG 23KT 3618 8494

SHAMBURGER
Local storm report, May 2, 12:04 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1204 PM CDT MON MAY 02 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1012 AM     HAIL             7 NE CHARLOTTE          36.26N  87.26W
05/02/2016  E0.88 INCH       DICKSON            TN   FACEBOOK

            PEA TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL NEARLY COVERED THE GROUND IN
            THE 1400 BLOCK OF MAPLE VALLEY ROAD

&&

CORRECTED EVENT...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600418

SHAMBURGER
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1208 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

TNZ080-021745-
VAN BUREN TN-
1208 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1208 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...OR NEAR FALL CREEK FALLS STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK.

LAT...LON 3576 8527 3575 8526 3575 8527 3572 8527
      3561 8538 3568 8542 3579 8532 3580 8528
      3579 8527 3578 8527 3578 8526 3577 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 237DEG 19KT 3569 8533

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 9:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson63 min
May 2, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson47 min
May 2, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson29 min
May 2, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham46 min
May 2, 11:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner34 min
May 2, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress30 min
May 2, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Trousdale45 min
May 2, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGrundy34 min
May 2, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXVan Buren, Warren32 min
May 2, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWhite26 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.