Strong gusty gradient winds knocked down some power lines in Cumberland County.
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Strong gusty gradient winds knocked down some power lines in Cumberland County.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 17, 3:30 AM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 330 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 .SHORT TERM... LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWING SFC LOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST MO THIS MORNING...WITH AN ACTIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD DOWN INTO LA...AND A SECONDARY CONTINENTAL COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT IS CURRENTLY LIFTING ACROSS THE CWA...WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF BNA TO NEAR CSV DOWN INTO NORTHWEST GA. CLOSED UPPER LOW NOW JUST SOUTHWEST OF SFC LOW WORKING ACROSS EASTERN OK. THESE FEATURES WILL WORK RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TODAY...REACHING THE GREAT LAKES BY DAYS END. THIS WILL DRAG WARM FRONT WELL NORTH...WHILE FIRST BOUNDARY AND ACCOMPANYING DEEP MOISTURE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON EAST. WHILE UVV PEAKING WITH PASSING BOUNDARY ...BEST INSTABILITY LOOKS TO STAY JUST SOUTH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BUT SEVERE POTENTIAL SEEMINGLY SMALL AND MAINLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH ALTHOUGH SOME HAILERS ARE POSSIBLE WITH STEEPENING LAPSE RATE TOWARD MIDDAY. GRADIENT WIND HOWEVER MAY BE PROBLEM AS GUSTS LATER TODAY EXPECTED TO REACH OR EXCEED 40 MPH. THUS WILL CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 00Z MON. WIDESPREAD PCPN THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AS DRY SLOT MOVES IN AHEAD OF CONTINENTAL COLD FRONT... WHICH PUSHED BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MUCH COLDER AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE CWA TONIGHT BUT THIS PROCESS SEEMS LITTLE SLOWER. ADDITIONALLY MOISTURE CONTENT NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE THUS EXPECT PCPN TO BE MINIMAL...WITH WHATEVER FALLS TO REMAIN LIQUID ACROSS MOST OF THE EXTREME EAST AND SOUTH. UPPER TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT BUT MOISTURE REMAINS VERY LIMITED. BESIDES ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ON THE NORTHERN PLATEAU...EXPECT LITTLE MORE THAN A SPRINKLE OR FLURRY ELSEWHERE. .LONG TERM... WEAK MOISTURE SOURCE COMES DOWN IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...LIKELY BRINGING CLOUDS TO THE AREA BUT WILL LEAVE MENTION OF ANY PCPN OUT FOR NOW. PCPN DOES WORK BACK INTO THE PICTURE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THAT CHANCE REMAINS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION AND BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE CWA WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE BOUNDARY HOLDS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTHEAST BY LATE FRIDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE. DRY WX RETURNS SATURDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 65 38 44 25 / 80 30 20 10 CLARKSVILLE 64 35 42 23 / 80 40 20 10 CROSSVILLE 62 38 42 20 / 80 50 30 10 COLUMBIA 66 38 43 26 / 80 30 20 10 LAWRENCEBURG 67 39 43 27 / 80 30 20 10 WAVERLY 65 36 43 25 / 80 30 20 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR TNZ005>011- 022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 422 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181130- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 422 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT... WIND ADVISORY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP TODAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong wind gusts from gradient winds caused power lines to fall in the Lantana and Crab Orchard areas in Cumberland County. There were 9000 customers without power at 9 AM CST. Power was restored by 930 AM CST.
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