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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

March 17, 2021Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2021, 3:27 PM CDT for Lewis County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2021, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Lewis County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

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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: 92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 17, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 9:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
936 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181000-
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-
936 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible today, especially
during evening into early overnight hours across all of Middle
Tennessee. Damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and localized
flash flooding will all be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed. Please relay any
information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following
all local, state, and CDC guidelines.

Spotter Thunderstorm Reporting Criteria...
Tornado
Funnel Cloud
Flooding
Hail >= 1/2 Inch
Winds > 50 MPH (Measured)
Structural Damage
Trees or Power Lines Down

JB Wright

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 10:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 2:48 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
248 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

TNZ056-093-172030-
Wayne TN-Perry TN-
248 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN
PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

At 247 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Darden to near Sardis to Morris Chapel.
Movement was east at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro, Linden, Clifton and Flatwoods.

LAT...LON 3548 8799 3553 8798 3562 8803 3561 8766
      3557 8765 3555 8769 3551 8769 3550 8772
      3547 8768 3538 8771 3518 8783 3520 8798
      3529 8798 3530 8802 3535 8801 3537 8802
      3539 8802 3541 8797 3543 8803 3545 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 277DEG 34KT 3557 8820 3543 8821 3531 8832

Schaper

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 3:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
327 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

TNZ056-058-093-094-172100-
Lawrence TN-Wayne TN-Lewis TN-Perry TN-
327 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEWIS...NORTHERN WAYNE...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
CDT...

At 326 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Linden to near Waynesboro.
Movement was east at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Hohenwald, Waynesboro, Gordonsburg and Flatwoods.

LAT...LON 3545 8783 3562 8781 3561 8766 3561 8764
      3560 8736 3558 8734 3540 8739 3514 8754
      3525 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 275DEG 34KT 3556 8774 3543 8775 3531 8785

Schaper

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 10:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Wayne	3 hr
Mar 17, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	42 min
Mar 17, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	41 min
Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Sumner, Williamson	38 min
Mar 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Marshall	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.