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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Dec 1, 2018, 7:13 PM CST for DeKalb County, Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
- Dec 1, 2018, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2018, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
Counties DeKalb County, TN, Putnam County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Dec 1, 5:50 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 5:50 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Nashville TN 513 AM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021115- 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- 513 AM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A few strong storms will be possible for areas along and west of I-65 from noon to 6 pm today. The main concern is strong wind gusts with any of these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected today. 27
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Special weather statement, Dec 1, 5:28 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 713 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 TNZ030>032-064>066-020145- Putnam TN-Cumberland TN-Jackson TN-De Kalb TN-White TN-Smith TN- 713 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND... SOUTHEASTERN SMITH...NORTHEASTERN DE KALB...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON... NORTHWESTERN WHITE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CST... At 712 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Smithville, moving northeast at 45 mph. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Cookeville, Smithville, Algood, Baxter, Center Hill Lake, Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers Crossroads, Burgess Falls State Park, Edgar Evans State Park and Cummins Falls State Park. This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 265 and 298. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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. && LAT...LON 3590 8576 3604 8590 3636 8572 3609 8524 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 228DEG 50KT 3603 8576 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 7:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett | 50 min |
| Dec 1, 9:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 42 min |
| Dec 1, 9:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 34 min |
| Dec 1, 10:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 57 min |
| Dec 1, 10:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy, Van Buren | 35 min |
| Dec 1, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 30 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.