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Special Weather Statement, NWS Nashville, TN

August 20, 2022Sumner County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2022, 12:51 PM CDT for Sumner County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2022, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2022, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Sumner County, TN

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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 Aug 20, 12:34 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 12:34 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 2:35 AM CDT, 10 hours 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
235 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-210745-
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-
235 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A few strong to severe storms may be possible on Sunday. The main
threat will be straight line damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tomorrow. 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, Aug 20, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1113 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

TNZ025>027-201700-
Dickson TN-Davidson TN-Cheatham TN-
1113 AM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Davidson, east central Dickson and Cheatham Counties through NOON
CDT...

At 1112 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
White Bluff, or 10 miles northeast of Dickson, moving northeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph, heavy rain and lightning.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Ashland City, Coopertown, White Bluff, Kingston Springs, Pegram,
Pleasant View, Beaman Park and Bells Bend.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 near mile marker 207.
 Interstate 24 between mile markers 29 and 31.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3637 8699 3637 8697 3638 8697 3638 8695
      3617 8680 3605 8727 3617 8733 3639 8700
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 245DEG 24KT 3614 8720

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1251 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

TNZ007-008-027-028-201830-
Robertson TN-Davidson TN-Wilson TN-Sumner TN-
1251 PM CDT Sat Aug 20 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Davidson, western Sumner, northwestern Wilson and southeastern
Robertson Counties through 130 PM CDT...

At 1251 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Goodlettsville, or 13 miles north of Nashville, moving northeast at
30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Gallatin, Madison, Hendersonville, Goodlettsville, White House,
Millersville, Greenbrier, Lakewood, Ridgetop, Cross Plains, Portland,
Old Hickory, Cottontown and Green Hill.

This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 91 and 112.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3618 8673 3641 8680 3662 8652 3634 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 232DEG 24KT 3635 8670

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Whitehead

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham	47 min
Aug 20, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	41 min
Aug 20, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	47 min
Aug 20, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	45 min
Aug 20, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Rutherford	39 min
Aug 20, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson	36 min
Aug 20, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	41 min
Aug 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cumberland	2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.