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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2016, 10:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 83 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, 2016, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Davidson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 11, 9:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 9:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 1:17 PM CDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 117 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121830- 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- 117 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MID STATE...MAINLY NEAREST THE KENTUCKY BORDER. A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD FORM WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. RESIDUAL FLOODED ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY IN SUMNER...MACON AND TROUSDALE COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING ESPECIALLY ALONG SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF RAINFALL TOTALS...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINE DOWN AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 10:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1052 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
TNZ006>009-026>029-120515-
TROUSDALE TN-SUMNER TN-MONTGOMERY TN-MACON TN-WILSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-
ROBERTSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
1052 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTSON...DAVIDSON...
CHEATHAM...MONTGOMERY...SUMNER...MACON...WILSON AND TROUSDALE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1041 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...DROPPING SOUTHWARD OUT OF KENTUCKY
INTO EXTREME NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE FIRST STORMS TO ARRIVE
IN THE MID-STATE WILL BE IN THE CLARKSVILLE AREA...THEN SPREAD INTO
OTHER AREAS...BETWEEN ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...HENDERSONVILLE
AND LAFAYETTE BY 1230 AM CDT.
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE IN.
A GUST FRONT...SPREADING OUT JUST OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS...WILL
PROBABLY BRING GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH 20 TO 40 MINUTES BEFORE THE RAIN
EVEN ARRIVES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE...GALLATIN...SPRINGFIELD...ASHLAND CITY...LAFAYETTE...
...NASHVILLE AND PORTLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND MAY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT
AND THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8629 3656 8596 3625 8642 3612 8684
3656 8740 3664 8710 3665 8659 3663 8656
3665 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 311DEG 31KT 3688 8677 3669 8710 3659 8747
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress and 12 more | 17 hr |
| May 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 12, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 37 min |
| May 12, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 47 min |
| May 12, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 28 min |
| May 12, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 51 min |
| May 12, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham | 26 min |
| May 12, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson | 34 min |
| May 12, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 32 min |
| May 12, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Stewart | 29 min |
| May 12, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 32 min |
| May 12, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 51 min |
| May 12, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham | 33 min |
| May 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 42 min |
| May 12, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Trousdale | 38 min |
| May 12, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 34 min |
| May 12, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 31 min |
| May 12, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith | 28 min |
| May 12, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 26 min |
| May 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy | 34 min |
| May 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 44 min |
| May 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 46 min |
| May 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 42 min |
| May 12, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 52 min |
| May 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 40 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.