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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 20219 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2021, 6:58 PM CDT for 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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
May 6, 2021, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2021-05-06Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 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 May 6, 6:23 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:23 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Nashville TN
623 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

.UPDATE...
FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

Convection beginning to take place upstream across the Mo bootheel
northeastward along the Ohio River. Latest Hrrr data has the
activity reaching our far northwestern corner around 3-4 pm. A svr
tstm watch is now in effect to our west. Severe wx parameters do
indeed look better across that area and not as favorable here.
Therefore, it looks as though the severe weather potential in our
western areas will largely be momentum dependent. That said, recent
storm history upstream will be key. So far, no reports of wind or
hail but a few warnings have been issued across the bootheel. For
our area, wind and hail are the primary threats for primarily those
areas west of i-65. The weakening convection will end across our
Plateau by 10pm - midnight.

Moving on, Friday is looking partly cloudy and nice with highs 65 to
70. Conditions will begin to change on Saturday as a warm front
begins to work northward. Low shower chances will return early
Saturday and continue into Saturday night. On Sunday, the warm front
will be north of the mid state and destabilization will be on the
increase. A cold frontal passage is expected Sunday evening. Prior
to this, frontal and pre frontal forcing will attempt to tap into
the instability and increasing shear. Another round of severe storms
will be possible. Note however that at this time we are not
outlooked. That will likely change to at least a marginal as we
approach Sunday.

For our near term temps, below normal values are expected. However,
we will be close to the normal, upper 70s highs, on Sunday, in
advance of that boundary.

In the ext fcst, after the fropa on Sunday evening, temperatures
will cool down to 7-10 degrees below normal for the entire week. The
subtropical jet will become active and send an inverted sfc trough
our way by Wednesday. So the week as a whole will be on the
unsettled side with low shower chances, except somewhat higher
chances for Wednesday.

Qpf amounts are not looking too bad. Looks like 1 to 1 1/2 inches
over the next 7 days.

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF DISCUSSION.

Line of showers and a few thunderstorms are working their way
through the area, currently impacting KBNA/KMQY with near MVFR
cigs and IFR/MVFR vis. Strong northwest winds around 20 to 30
knots will be possible for another half hour to around 00Z, then
expect 5 to 10 knot winds out of the west/northwest overnight.
Showers should impact KCSV from around 01Z through 03Z. Rest of
the overnight will be VFR for all terminals except for KCSV which
may see MVFR cigs from 06Z through sunrise. VFR conditions area
wide during the day Friday with northwesterly winds around 10
knots.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

DISCUSSION......21
AVIATION........Barnwell
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:09 AM CDT, 13 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
509 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021

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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-
509 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon
into this evening mainly across our northwestern counties. Main
concerns are damaging wind gusts and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

09

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 6, 6:58 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
May 6, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart46 min
May 6, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart26 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys42 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart33 min
May 6, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne40 min
May 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more31 min
May 6, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson, Sumner34 min
May 6, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 2 more40 min
May 6, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more36 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale31 min
May 6, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more33 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 1 more45 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon, Trousdale45 min
May 6, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Rutherford and 4 more47 min
May 6, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Rutherford, Warren48 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.