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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

October 20, 2016Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Oct 20, 2016, 1:21 PM CDT for Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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
Oct 20, 2016, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Davidson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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, 6.4 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 2016-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

503 
WWUS84 KOHX 201821
SPSOHX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
121 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2016
 
TNZ008-027-028-201900-
DAVIDSON TN-SUMNER TN-WILSON TN-
121 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIDSON...SOUTHERN
SUMNER AND NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 120 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
MADISON...OR JUST NORTH OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLATIN...LEBANON...NASHVILLE...MADISON...HENDERSONVILLE...MOUNT
JULIET...GOODLETTSVILLE...MILLERSVILLE...LAKEWOOD...HERMITAGE...
BELINDA CITY...OLD HICKORY...RURAL HILL...BERRY HILL...BLEDSOE CREEK
STATE PARK...WHITES CREEK...COTTONTOWN...PERCY PRIEST LAKE AND
GLADEVILLE.

LAT...LON 3612 8678 3629 8684 3656 8639 3610 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 250DEG 31KT 3622 8672 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson23 min
Oct 20, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXTrousdale23 min
Oct 20, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Trousdale44 min
Oct 20, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay25 min
Oct 20, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, DeKalb46 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.