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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2020White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2020, 12:13 PM CDT for White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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 5, 2020, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2020, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

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: 797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 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 Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:04 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
504 AM CDT Sun Jul 5 2020

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-061000-
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-
504 AM CDT Sun Jul 5 2020

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...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

JB Wright

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1213 PM CDT Sun Jul 5 2020

TNZ032-065-080-051730-
Putnam TN-Van Buren TN-White TN-
1213 PM CDT Sun Jul 5 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN VAN BUREN...WHITE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...

At 1212 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sparta, moving north at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Sparta, Spencer, Doyle, Virgin Falls State Natural Area and Fall
Creek Falls State Park.

LAT...LON 3589 8523 3587 8522 3582 8524 3580 8525
      3580 8526 3579 8527 3578 8526 3572 8553
      3599 8558 3606 8527 3602 8525 3596 8526
      3592 8525 3591 8521 3590 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 170DEG 7KT 3592 8536

Hawblitzel

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	52 min
Jul 4, 8:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	3 hr
Jul 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	3 hr
Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	3 hr
Jul 5, 12:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Warren	2 hr
Jul 5, 12:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Clay, Fentress, Overton	119 min
Jul 5, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	24 min
Jul 5, 1:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	114 min
Jul 5, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Jackson, Smith	43 min
Jul 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	DeKalb	30 min
Jul 5, 2:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Jackson, Putnam	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Humphreys, Perry	114 min
Jul 5, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	22 min
Jul 5, 3:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Macon	116 min
Jul 5, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	19 min
Jul 5, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wilson	20 min
Jul 5, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	28 min
Jul 5, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	49 min
Jul 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	2 hr
Jul 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	119 min
Jul 5, 4:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Robertson, Sumner, Wilson	117 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Montgomery	14 min
Jul 5, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	37 min
Jul 5, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	51 min
Jul 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	18 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Marshall	2 hr
Jul 5, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Marshall	2 hr
Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	116 min

Nearby

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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.