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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2018, 3:38 AM CDT for Smith County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 67 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
- Jul 21, 2018, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2018, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 3305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 21, 2:46 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:46 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 246 AM CDT Sat Jul 21 2018 .DISCUSSION... CAMs continue to have difficulty nailing down ongoing convection overnight, but do show very little if any development west of I-65. Would not be surprised though if the outflow from current convection kicks off a few showers and storms as the environment to the west still has over 3000 J/kg of MUCAPE and 50 knots of 0-6km shear. Ongoing convection will continue to ride the outflow southward for areas east of I-65, and damaging winds/hail remain the leading threats. Flooding will also be a concern as many areas have seen training of heavy rainfall, so any additional rainfall for those areas may cause localized flooding. For now, severe tstorm watch is in effect until 9 am, but storms will likely be out of the area well before then. As the upper low over the southern Great Lakes region moves southward today, chances for more showers and thunderstorms will mainly impact areas along and east of I-65. Temperatures will be a bit cooler today as the cold front moves through the area, and will be even cooler on Sunday as the upper low is just off to the east and helps bring in colder air aloft with strong upper northerlies. Additional chances for showers and thunderstorms will move in during the day Sunday with the upper low, and again chances will be better east of I-65. The upper low will develop into a deep trough during the early part of the work week, which will keep chances for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast mainly for afternoon hours. By Thursday, another broad Great Lakes trough will move eastward, and our stagnant trough will phase in with it. Long term models are pretty consistent and similar with their solutions, which keeps precip chances in through the weekend, so did not change too much in the long term. At least for the first half of the week, with the upper low continuing northerlies aloft with cooler air moving in, highs will be in the mid to upper 80s. After the upper troughs begin to phase on Thursday and Friday, highs may again creep into the low 90s. && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF DISCUSSION. CKV/BNA/MQY/CSV...It looks like CSV will have the best chance of experiencing a round of shwrs/tstms, and will break out a tempo group to address this possibility. Will mention MVFR ceilings and IFR vsbys with this TEMPO group. Otherwise, even with clr skies and not much of activity noted to our northwest, still can not rule out at least in the vcnty shwrs/tstms at the other terminals at least thru 21/10Z. It still appears that another round of shwrs/tstms could develop 21/18Z-22/02Z. However, uncertainty still exist for actual location development at terminals, but can not rule out in vcnty, and thus mentioned. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 89 71 85 70 85 / 20 20 50 30 50 Clarksville 87 69 83 68 84 / 20 10 40 20 20 Crossville 81 65 75 64 77 / 50 30 70 40 60 Columbia 88 69 84 68 83 / 20 10 40 30 40 Lawrenceburg 88 68 85 67 83 / 20 10 30 20 40 Waverly 89 69 86 68 84 / 10 0 30 20 30 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION......Barnwell AVIATION........31
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:05 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Nashville TN 305 AM CDT Sat Jul 21 2018 TNZ028-030-032-062>066-075-077>080-221000- Wilson-Smith-Putnam-Rutherford-Cannon-De Kalb-White-Cumberland- Bedford-Coffee-Warren-Grundy-Van Buren- 305 AM CDT Sat Jul 21 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Overnight Severe thunderstorms may be possible across a geographical area of Middle Tennessee generally east and south of a Lewisburg to Lebanon to Crossville line. Main concerns with severe thunderstorms that do develop will be damaging winds, large hail, and possibly a tornado or two. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A marginal risk of severe thunderstorms is expected mainly Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening for locations along and south of a Hohenwald to Columbia to Celina line. With any strong to severe thunderstorms that do develop, strong to damaging winds and large hail will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation requested through the mid morning hours on Saturday and possibly again Saturday afternoon and evening. TNZ005>011-023>027-029-031-033-034-056>061-093>095-221000- Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Clay-Pickett-Houston- Humphreys-Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Trousdale-Jackson-Overton- Fentress-Perry-Hickman-Lewis-Williamson-Maury-Marshall-Wayne- Lawrence-Giles- 305 AM CDT Sat Jul 21 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Overnight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday A marginal risk of severe thunderstorms is expected mainly Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening for locations along and south of a Hohenwald to Columbia to Celina line. With any strong to severe thunderstorms that do develop, strong to damaging winds and large hail will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening. Spotter Thunderstorm Reporting Criteria... Tornado Funnel Cloud Flooding Hail >= 1/2 inch Wind > 50 mph (measured) Structural Damage Trees or power lines down 31
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Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 20, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Overton, Putnam, White | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Putnam, White | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Overton, Putnam, White | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, White | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Putnam, White | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Van Buren | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Macon, Pickett | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Trousdale | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 12:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 1:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Smith, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White, Wilson | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, White | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, Warren, White | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 40 min |
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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.