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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

March 21, 2017Giles County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2017, 4:39 PM CDT for Giles County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Mar 21, 2017, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Giles County, TN

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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 Mar 21, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 5:05 AM CDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 21, 4:02 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
402 PM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             13 NNE LAWRENCEBURG     35.42N  87.25W
03/21/2017  E1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            US-43 NEAR LAWRENCE/MAURY CO. LINE AT SUMMERTOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1700263

ROSE

Local storm report, Mar 21, 4:16 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
416 PM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0403 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAWRENCEBURG            35.25N  87.34W
03/21/2017                   LAWRENCE           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            18 DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON MT. ARIAT RD. ON NORTH SIDE OF
            LAWRENCEBURG

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1700264

ROSE

Local storm report, Mar 21, 4:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
419 PM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0418 PM     HAIL             3 W LAWRENCEBURG        35.25N  87.39W
03/21/2017  E1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER-SIZE HAIL FROM 3 MILES WEST
            OF LAWRENCEBURG TO NORTH OF ETHRIDGE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1700265

ROSE

Local storm report, Mar 21, 4:23 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
423 PM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0412 PM     HAIL             3 W LEWISBURG           35.45N  86.84W
03/21/2017  E1.00 INCH       MARSHALL           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1700266

ROSE

Local storm report, Mar 21, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 4:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
439 PM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

TNZ095-212215-
Giles TN-
439 PM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY UNTIL 515
PM CDT...

At 439 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Pulaski, moving southeast at 45 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Pulaski, Ardmore, Elkton, Minor Hill, Goodspring and Prospect.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
Middle Tennessee.

LAT...LON 3500 8722 3506 8722 3510 8721 3512 8722
      3512 8720 3514 8721 3515 8720 3516 8720
      3517 8722 3524 8721 3511 8683 3499 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 293DEG 41KT 3511 8714

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	46 min
Mar 20, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Van Buren and 2 more	49 min
Mar 20, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren	45 min
Mar 21, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	47 min
Mar 21, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	43 min
Mar 21, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry, Wayne	46 min
Mar 21, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury	45 min
Mar 21, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	39 min
Mar 21, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	39 min
Mar 21, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	49 min
Mar 21, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury	49 min
Mar 21, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	42 min
Mar 21, 3:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Marshall, Maury	3 hr
Mar 21, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	3 hr
Mar 21, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	37 min
Mar 21, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	35 min
Mar 21, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	45 min
Mar 21, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	38 min
Mar 21, 4:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	3 hr
Mar 21, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury	40 min
Mar 21, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	45 min
Mar 21, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	33 min
Mar 21, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Rutherford, Warren	30 min
Mar 21, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	38 min
Mar 21, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	38 min
Mar 21, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren and 1 more	46 min
Mar 21, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White	19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.