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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

December 28, 2016Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Dec 28, 2016, 7:07 PM CST for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 23 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
Dec 28, 2016, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 2016-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
507 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Dec 28, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:54 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 10:51 AM CST, 8 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1051 AM CST WED DEC 28 2016

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-291700-
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-
1051 AM CST WED DEC 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (LEVEL 1 OUT OF
5) ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINDEN TO PULASKI. A FEW
STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

SHAMBURGER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:14 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
514 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016

TNZ025>027-290000-
Davidson TN-Cheatham TN-Dickson TN-
514 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVIDSON...SOUTHERN
DICKSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHEATHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

At 514 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dickson, moving east at 55 mph.

Nickel size hail, wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph, frequent cloud to
ground lightning strikes, and brief heavy rainfall will be possible
with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dickson, White Bluff, Kingston Springs, Pegram, Burns and Charlotte.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Brief heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to temporarily 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 3622 8704 3605 8691 3605 8693 3603 8697
      3601 8704 3604 8706 3605 8718 3598 8719
      3596 8729 3599 8749 3616 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 252DEG 47KT 3604 8743

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:28 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
528 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016

TNZ007-008-027-290000-
Robertson TN-Davidson TN-Sumner TN-
528 PM CST WED DEC 28 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL DAVIDSON...
SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTSON AND CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
CST...

At 527 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ridgetop, or 8 miles south of Springfield, moving east at 55 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm, along
with frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes, brief heavy
rainfall, and small hail.

Locations impacted include...
Gallatin, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville, White House, Millersville,
Greenbrier, Ridgetop, Bledsoe Creek State Park and Cottontown.

LAT...LON 3652 8637 3632 8634 3632 8636 3633 8635
      3634 8635 3636 8637 3634 8639 3632 8639
      3632 8642 3633 8642 3634 8644 3631 8649
      3631 8654 3632 8655 3631 8656 3630 8685
      3643 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 264DEG 48KT 3638 8682

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:34 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:46 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 28, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 6:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis40 min
Dec 28, 7:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.