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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

July 3, 2016Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2016, 7:04 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 3, 2016, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Stewart County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 6.5

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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 Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:12 AM CDT, 13 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
512 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041015-
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-
512 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG
WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
406 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

TNZ032-065-066-080-032145-
WHITE TN-CUMBERLAND TN-PUTNAM TN-VAN BUREN TN-
406 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITE...SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM...
NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...

AT 406 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORYOF BLOWING DOWN TREES IN SPARTA.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...SPARTA...MONTEREY...PLEASANT HILL...DOYLE...VIRGIN FALLS
STATE NATURAL AREA...CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...BAKERS
CROSSROADS...LAKE TANSI AND FALL CREEK FALLS S.P..

LAT...LON 3575 8541 3598 8561 3619 8529 3618 8528
      3619 8527 3618 8526 3617 8524 3615 8521
      3614 8513 3591 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 239DEG 26KT 3593 8542

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
411 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2016

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

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPARTA                  35.93N  85.47W
07/03/2016                   WHITE              TN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN THREE SEPERATE PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
            ONE ON ALLEN DRIVE... TWO ON WEBBS CAMP ROAD... AND
            ANOTHER TWO 70 SOUTH.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600674

FB

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
414 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

TNZ066-032200-
CUMBERLAND TN-
414 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 413 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...CRAB ORCHARD...SLATE SPRINGS...
LAKE TANSI...CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND INDIAN ROCK LAKE.

LAT...LON 3583 8477 3582 8480 3576 8492 3577 8493
      3575 8503 3577 8504 3576 8507 3577 8510
      3577 8522 3580 8526 3580 8525 3582 8524
      3606 8500 3585 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 219DEG 18KT 3581 8512

SHAMBURGER

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

TNZ034-066-032245-
CUMBERLAND TN-FENTRESS TN-
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN FENTRESS AND CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTH OF FAIRFIELD GLADE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CROSSVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...CRAB ORCHARD...ALLARDT...
SLATE SPRINGS...CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
GRIMSLEY AND CLARKRANGE.

LAT...LON 3583 8496 3611 8512 3620 8507 3646 8480
      3638 8472 3635 8473 3635 8474 3633 8474
      3632 8479 3630 8480 3628 8488 3624 8488
      3621 8491 3615 8491 3613 8487 3608 8483
      3610 8482 3609 8480 3600 8472 3593 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 236DEG 26KT 3611 8493

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:31 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
631 PM CDT SUN JUL 03 2016

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROSSVILLE              35.95N  85.04W
07/03/2016                   CUMBERLAND         TN   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IN
            ADDITION UNVERIFIED REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO AN
            APPARTMENT COMPLEX POSSIBLE ROOF COLLAPSE AND A STORE
            WITH WINDOW DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600675

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
704 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

TNZ005-040045-
STEWART TN-
704 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL 745
PM CDT...

AT 703 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MURRAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A WIND
GUST OF 52 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE MURRAY, KENTUCKY AIRPORT WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG ROCK AND LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

IF ON OR NEAR KENTUCKY LAKE OR THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES...GET OUT
OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON
THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3666 8785 3663 8785 3664 8768 3652 8768
      3655 8803 3668 8807 3668 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 271DEG 27KT 3667 8822

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	32 min
Jul 3, 11:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Stewart	119 min
Jul 4, 3:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Clay, Macon, Montgomery, Pickett, Robertson, Stewart and 1 more	23 hr
Jul 4, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	25 min
Jul 4, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	33 min
Jul 4, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Macon, Smith, Wilson	37 min
Jul 4, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale	34 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Sumner	42 min
Jul 4, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Pickett	23 min
Jul 4, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Pickett	35 min
Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam	28 min
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett	59 min
Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	50 min
Jul 4, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	24 min
Jul 4, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	34 min
Jul 4, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Fentress	34 min
Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	45 min
Jul 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	34 min
Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	44 min
Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	32 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.