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Winter Weather Advisory 8, NWS Nashville, TN

February 14, 202138 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 14, 2021, 7:10 AM CST for 38 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 14, 2021, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2021, 7:10 AM CST (13:10 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2021, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 14, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
All 38 counties

Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 341 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-02-14Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 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 winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 14, 6:27 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 6:27 AM CST, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 5:00 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
500 AM CST Sun Feb 14 2021

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Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Clay-Pickett-Houston-
Humphreys-Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-Jackson-
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Warren-Grundy-Van Buren-Wayne-Lawrence-Giles-
500 AM CST Sun Feb 14 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Patchy freezing drizzle and freezing fog will occur this morning.
Slick spots are expected to develop, especially on elevated
surfaces. A few patches of light freezing rain and sleet are possible
this afternoon.

A Winter Storm Warning begins tonight with freezing rain spreading
across the area and some snow and sleet for the far northwest.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

A Winter Storm Warning will continue Monday and Monday night.
Significant ice and snow will spread across Middle Tennessee making
travel difficult.

Another round of wintry weather will be possible Wednesday night and
Thursday with ice and snow accumulations possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports of snow and ice are greatly appreciated. The best way
to relay your reports is through social media on Facebook or Twitter.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 14, 2:42 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 3:43 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more42 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Tennessee, 2021Every winter weather advisory 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.