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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

May 30, 2017Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2017, 12:49 PM CDT for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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: May 30, 2017, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2017, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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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 May 30, 12:35 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 12:35 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 5:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
503 AM CDT Tue May 30 2017

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-311015-
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-
503 AM CDT Tue May 30 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle
Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected on Wednesday,
and a few storms could be strong or possibly severe with high
winds and hail.

Heavy rainfall is possible on Saturday and Saturday night. The
situation is still developing but there is the potential for a
couple of inches of rain to fall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	31 min
May 30, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith	29 min
May 30, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb	30 min
May 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	White	37 min
May 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	26 min
May 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	32 min
May 30, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Dickson	29 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	37 min
May 30, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb	43 min
May 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	42 min
May 30, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	26 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.