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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

July 22, 2016Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2016, 3:20 PM CDT for Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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 22, 2016, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Perry County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 22, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:03 AM CDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
503 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

TNZ005>010-023>031-056>064-075-093>095-231030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-
BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
503 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES
REACHING 105 TO 110 THIS AFTERNOON.

ADDITIONALLY...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY.

TNZ011-032>034-065-066-077>080-231030-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
503 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1237 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

TNZ005-221815-
STEWART TN-
1237 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL
115 PM CDT...

AT 1237 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAND BETWEEN THE
LAKES AREA...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVER AND LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.

LAT...LON 3666 8785 3664 8785 3663 8783 3647 8778
      3643 8805 3645 8806 3647 8805 3649 8806
      3652 8804 3656 8803 3668 8807 3668 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 340DEG 13KT 3664 8806

JACKSON

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
114 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

TNZ005-221900-
STEWART TN-
114 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM CDT...

AT 113 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVER AND LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.

LAT...LON 3647 8805 3649 8806 3652 8804 3657 8804
      3659 8782 3636 8773 3634 8776 3633 8782
      3633 8789 3635 8794 3635 8798 3637 8800
      3639 8801 3645 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 337DEG 14KT 3653 8797

JACKSON

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:46 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
246 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

TNZ056-222015-
PERRY TN-
246 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LINDEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINDEN AND LOBELVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 8797 3582 8788 3580 8785 3582 8784
      3583 8779 3551 8770 3548 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 341DEG 37KT 3570 8784

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
320 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

TNZ056>058-222100-
LEWIS TN-PERRY TN-HICKMAN TN-
320 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN
HICKMAN AND NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 320 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF LINDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE TO HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOBELVILLE...KIMMINS AND PLEASANTVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3571 8785 3580 8765 3563 8746 3550 8772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 309DEG 9KT 3570 8769

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	38 min
Jul 22, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	46 min
Jul 22, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry	29 min
Jul 22, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	39 min
Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	37 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.