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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT for Pickett County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
County Pickett County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
312
WWUS84 KOHX 170121
SPSOHX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
821 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
TNZ011-034-170130-
FENTRESS TN-PICKETT TN-
821 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL PICKETT AND
NORTHWESTERN FENTRESS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 820 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BYRDSTOWN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BYRDSTOWN AND PALL MALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BRIEF HEAVY 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 3662 8502 3661 8492 3647 8498 3654 8514
3662 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 192DEG 24KT 3660 8505
$$
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 45 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.