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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

July 4, 2016Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT for Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2016, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 2016-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 797 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 4, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:04 AM CDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
504 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

TNZ005>011-051030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-
504 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH
7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS
MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS POSTED FOR ALL OF EXTREME NORTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY... INCLUDING ALL COUNTIES THAT BORDER
KENTUCKY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS
ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING, WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TNZ023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051030-
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-
504 AM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND INCREASING IN COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED
AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS
ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING, WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
318 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

TNZ008-026>028-042100-
CHEATHAM TN-DAVIDSON TN-SUMNER TN-WILSON TN-
318 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DAVIDSON...SOUTHEASTERN
CHEATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN SUMNER AND NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL
400 PM CDT...

AT 317 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PEGRAM TO NEAR GALLATIN...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLATIN...LEBANON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...MADISON...
HENDERSONVILLE...MOUNT JULIET...GOODLETTSVILLE...MILLERSVILLE...
BELLE MEADE...KINGSTON SPRINGS...LAKEWOOD...PEGRAM...HERMITAGE...
JOELTON...OLD HICKORY...BEAMAN PARK...WHITES CREEK AND BELLS BEND.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3624 8632 3606 8710 3623 8717 3648 8644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 250DEG 38KT 3617 8705

SHAMBURGER
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2016

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

0239 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S GREEN HILL          36.23N  86.57W
07/04/2016                   WILSON             TN   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE LIMB CAME DOWN AND TOOK A POWER LINE WITH IT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600679

FB
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
337 PM CDT MON JUL 04 2016

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

0327 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW GREEN HILL        36.23N  86.58W
07/04/2016                   WILSON             TN   PUBLIC

            PICTURE OF A LIMB DOWN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1600680

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart41 min
Jul 3, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart32 min
Jul 3, 11:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXStewart119 min
Jul 4, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXClay, Macon, Montgomery, Pickett, Robertson, Stewart and 1 more23 hr
Jul 4, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson25 min
Jul 4, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson33 min
Jul 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Macon, Smith, Wilson37 min
Jul 4, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale34 min
Jul 4, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Sumner42 min
Jul 4, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Pickett23 min
Jul 4, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Pickett35 min
Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam28 min
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett59 min
Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery50 min
Jul 4, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson34 min
Jul 4, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress34 min
Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Trousdale45 min
Jul 4, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford34 min
Jul 4, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson44 min
Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson32 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.