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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

June 2, 2021Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2021, 3:31 PM CDT for Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 2, 2021, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 83 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 417 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 Jun 2, 2:39 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:39 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:36 AM CDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
336 AM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-030845-
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-
336 AM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A few strong to briefly severe storms are possible this afternoon
and evening. Damaging winds will be the main threat, but a brief
tornado cannot be ruled out.

A few heavy downpours will occur, mainly along and west of I-65.

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

A few strong to briefly severe storms are possible Thursday.
Damaging winds will be the main threat with any severe storms.

.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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
331 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

TNZ060-061-022115-
Maury TN-Marshall TN-
331 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM CDT...

At 331 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles west of Lewisburg, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lewisburg and Farmington.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 29 and 36.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

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LAT...LON 3541 8692 3541 8694 3542 8694 3542 8696
      3541 8697 3542 8698 3541 8699 3542 8701
      3560 8676 3545 8668 3538 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 243DEG 18KT 3541 8696

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson	37 min
Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury, Williamson	3 hr
Jun 2, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	24 min
Jun 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	38 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.