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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT for 38 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
All 38 counties
Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
550 WWUS74 KOHX 241515 NPWOHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1015 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-250000- /O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0003.160324T1515Z-160325T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...ERIN...WAVERLY... DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY... SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA... MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO... LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 1015 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...A FEW TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY BLOW DOWN A FEW TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Trousdale | 32 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.