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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Nashville, TN

April 3, 202122 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this frost advisory at Apr 3, 2021, 2:09 PM CDT for 22 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 4, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2021, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 4, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 22 counties

Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2021-04-03Temperature 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 2021-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
2403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

950 
WWUS74 KOHX 031909
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Nashville TN
209 PM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021

TNZ009>011-028>034-061>066-075-077>080-095-040900-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FR.Y.0001.210404T0800Z-210404T1300Z/
Macon-Clay-Pickett-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-Jackson-Putnam-Overton-
Fentress-Marshall-Rutherford-Cannon-De Kalb-White-Cumberland-
Bedford-Coffee-Warren-Grundy-Van Buren-Giles-
Including the cities of Lafayette, Celina, Byrdstown, Lebanon, 
Mount Juliet, Hartsville, Carthage, South Carthage, Gordonsville,
Gainesboro, Cookeville, Livingston, Jamestown, Allardt, 
Lewisburg, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, Woodbury, Smithville,
Sparta, Crossville, Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Manchester, 
McMinnville, Altamont, Coalmont, Spencer, and Pulaski
209 PM CDT Sat Apr 3 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 to 37 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...the Eastern Half of Middle Tennessee.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

21
1 follow-up statement
338 
WWUS74 KOHX 040713
NPWOHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Nashville TN
213 AM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021

TNZ009>011-028>034-061>066-075-077>080-095-041300-
/O.CON.KOHX.FR.Y.0001.210404T0800Z-210404T1300Z/
Macon-Clay-Pickett-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-Jackson-Putnam-Overton-
Fentress-Marshall-Rutherford-Cannon-De Kalb-White-Cumberland-
Bedford-Coffee-Warren-Grundy-Van Buren-Giles-
Including the cities of Lafayette, Celina, Byrdstown, Lebanon, 
Mount Juliet, Hartsville, Carthage, South Carthage, Gordonsville,
Gainesboro, Cookeville, Livingston, Jamestown, Allardt, 
Lewisburg, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, Woodbury, Smithville,
Sparta, Crossville, Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Manchester, 
McMinnville, Altamont, Coalmont, Spencer, and Pulaski
213 AM CDT Sun Apr 4 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 to 37 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...The Eastern Half of Middle Tennessee.

* WHEN...Through 8 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:27 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry52 hr
Apr 3, 3:15 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman14 hr

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.