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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

August 6, 2019Giles County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2019, 10:38 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Lewis 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
Aug 6, 2019, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2019, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1077 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 Aug 6, 10:29 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 10:29 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:02 PM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
202 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071915-
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-
202 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle
Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop in
Kentucky and move southeastward across the area this evening into
tonight. A few storms could be strong or possibly severe, with
damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:06 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRobertson3 hr
Aug 6, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart46 min
Aug 6, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson, Sumner34 min
Aug 6, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart66 min
Aug 6, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson64 min
Aug 6, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson47 min
Aug 6, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson41 min
Aug 6, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Williamson53 min
Aug 6, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith, White59 min
Aug 6, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Lewis, Marshall, Maury43 min
Aug 6, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford, Warren and 1 more38 min
Aug 6, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry47 min
Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury66 min
Aug 6, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Marshall, Rutherford47 min
Aug 6, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren60 min
Aug 6, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne54 min
Aug 6, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence, Perry, Wayne61 min
Aug 7, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne43 min
Aug 7, 12:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXWayne113 min
Aug 7, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne23 min
Aug 7, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall, Maury41 min
Aug 7, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman52 min
Aug 7, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee, Grundy39 min
Aug 7, 3:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXMarshall, Maury118 min
Aug 7, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall, Maury39 min
Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford29 min
Aug 7, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGiles24 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford47 min
Aug 7, 4:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury118 min

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Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.