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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Nashville, TN

March 29, 201724 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2017, 2:37 PM CDT for 24 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 30, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2017, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2017, 3:44 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 24 counties

Bedford County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2017-03-29Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WWUS74 KOHX 291937
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Nashville TN
237 PM CDT Wed Mar 29 2017

...Wind Advisory Much of Middle Tennessee Thursday Afternoon and 
Early Evening...

.A strong storm system will approach Thursday, creating gusty
south winds. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 will develop, with
occasional wind gusts over 40 mph. Also, numerous thunderstorms
are expected to develop, which could contain damaging winds. 


TNZ005>009-023>030-056>062-075-093>095-301200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.170330T1700Z-170331T0200Z/
Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Houston-Humphreys-
Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-Perry-Hickman-
Lewis-Williamson-Maury-Marshall-Rutherford-Bedford-Wayne-Lawrence-
Giles-
Including the cities of Dover, Clarksville, Springfield, 
Hendersonville, Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Lafayette, Erin, 
Waverly, New Johnsonville, McEwen, Dickson, Ashland City, 
Kingston Springs, Nashville, Lebanon, Mount Juliet, Hartsville, 
Carthage, South Carthage, Gordonsville, Linden, Lobelville, 
Centerville, Hohenwald, Franklin, Brentwood, Columbia, Lewisburg,
Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, Shelbyville, Clifton, 
Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg, and Pulaski
237 PM CDT Wed Mar 29 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect from noon to 9 PM CDT Thursday. 

* TIMING...Thursday afternoon and early evening.

* WINDS...Gusts over 40 mph.

* IMPACTS...Wind gusts could bring down limbs and cause a few 
  power outages. Loose outdoor objects, like garbage cans and 
  patio furniture, will be blown over.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory means that winds over 40 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.

&&

$$

13
1 follow-up statement
005 
WWUS74 KOHX 300844
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Nashville TN
344 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

TNZ005>009-023>030-056>062-075-093>095-300945-
/O.CAN.KOHX.WI.Y.0004.170330T1700Z-170331T0200Z/
Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Houston-Humphreys-
Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-Perry-Hickman-
Lewis-Williamson-Maury-Marshall-Rutherford-Bedford-Wayne-Lawrence-
Giles-
Including the cities of Dover, Clarksville, Springfield, 
Hendersonville, Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Lafayette, Erin, 
Waverly, New Johnsonville, McEwen, Dickson, Ashland City, 
Kingston Springs, Nashville, Lebanon, Mount Juliet, Hartsville, 
Carthage, South Carthage, Gordonsville, Linden, Lobelville, 
Centerville, Hohenwald, Franklin, Brentwood, Columbia, Lewisburg,
Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, Shelbyville, Clifton, 
Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg, and Pulaski
344 AM CDT Thu Mar 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Nashville has cancelled the Wind
Advisory. 

Latest indications are that wind gusts will not be as high as
previously anticipated. Therefore the advisory has been cancelled.

$$

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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.