As a cold front approached the Cumberland Plateau Region of Middle Tennessee, strong southwesterly winds just off the ground descended and caused some tree damage across the eastern half of Fentress County.
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As a cold front approached the Cumberland Plateau Region of Middle Tennessee, strong southwesterly winds just off the ground descended and caused some tree damage across the eastern half of Fentress 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 Dec 2, 7:03 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 703 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO REMOVE WORDING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...IN SOME ZONE GROUPINGS. MOST OF PRECIP OVER W TN WAS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. AND IT WAS MAINLY WITHDRAWING TO THE NE RATHER THAN SWINGING EWD. THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW OVER NW TN MOVING NE...PER LATEST RUC MODEL. SO ONLY AREA OF LIKELY POPS WILL BE IN NW THIS EVENING...JUST LIKE IN PREVIOUS ZONE ISSUANCE. AS UPPER LOW OPENS UP AND CONTINUES ITS NE MOVEMENT OVERNIGHT...DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE ENTIRE MIDSTATE AREA. HAVE THEREFORE REMOVED MENTION OF PRECIP AFTER MIDNIGHT EXCEPT FOR E SECTIONS. LAST 3 RUNS OF OUR LOCAL WRF MODEL EACH FORECAST A BAND OF PRECIP DEVELOPING OVER E SECTIONS AND MOVING E ACROSS THAT AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SO HAVE LEFT A LOW CHANCE OF PRECIP THERE AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 556 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009/ UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. UNCERTAINTIES....CEILING HEIGHTS...FOG DEVELOPMENT...OVC THRU 03/24Z. SFC LOW/ASSOCIATED FRONT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NEWD...AND OUT OF MID STATE...ALONG WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE CAUSING RA ACROSS W TN PRESENTLY...BY 09Z. BELIEVE DZ WILL BE MOST PROMINENT PCPN TYPE. FOG DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE...BUT DO NOT EXPECT DENSE BNA/CSV PER SFC/BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS AOA 5KTS...BUT IFR CEILINGS 03/08Z THRU 03/13Z. SLOW CLEARING PER S-SWLY MOISTURE FETCH SFC/ALOFT...OVC SHOULD LAST THRU 03/24Z...BUT MVFR BKN CEILINGS AFTER 19Z POSSIBLE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 331 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009/ UPDATE....WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTER MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PREVIOUS AFD... SHORT TERM...STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE ALLOWED CEILINGS TO GO SCATTERED TO BROKEN THIS AFTERNOON AND TEMPERATURES TO SURGE TO AROUND 60 DEGREES IN SOME AREAS. MEANWHILE, A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS CONTINUED TO MARCH EASTWARD ONTO THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS INTO THE EVENING. HOWEVER, DO NOT SEE SUFFICIENT SPEEDS TO KEEP WIND ADVISORY RUNNING ANY LONGER. SO WILL CANCEL THE ADVISORY WITH ISSUANCE OF AFTERNOON ZONE PACKAGE. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND CLARKSVILLE, WITH WRAP-AROUND SHOWERS OCCURRING TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER. THE MID-TO-UPPER LEVEL DRY SURGE THAT STARTED PUSHING INTO OUR AREA AROUND SUNRISE HAS NOW SPREAD ACROSS VIRTUALLY OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA, AND HAS HELPED TO KEEP MEASURABLE RAIN AMOUNTS QUITE SMALL AT MOST LOCATIONS TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE CENTER SCOOTS RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT, WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN THE MID STATE (ESPECIALLY EASTERN SECTIONS). TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT MAINLY BETWEEN 35 AND 40 DEGREES BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. COLD SURFACE RIDGE STARTS TO PUSH EASTWARD OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS STATES ON THURSDAY, WITH CLOUDS GRADUALLY STARTING TO BREAK FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WONT RISE TOO MUCH TOMORROW, AND SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MID 40S MOST AREAS. PARTIAL CLEARING WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY, BUT CLOUDS WILL START TO ADVANCE BACK TO THE NORTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO PREVENT DEEP MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO OUR AREA. HOWEVER, MID TO HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD INCREASE SUFFICIENTLY TO AT LEAST PROVIDE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW SNOWFLAKES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING (MAINLY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS). AFTER THAT, COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND BRINGS ALONG SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS SEASON. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WONT GET OUT OF THE 30S ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, WITH LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S ELSEWHERE. SUNDAY MORNING LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. WILL GO CLOSER WITH NAM FORECAST OF SURFACE DEW POINTS, AS LARGE AREA OF DEW POINTS 15 DEGS AND LOWER IS OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON INVOF OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS. LONG TERM...A WARMING TREND FINALLY COMMENCES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE AREA SWINGS OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES AREA, AND PUSHES A WEAK COLD FRONT TOWARD OUR AREA, ALONG WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && STEIGERWALDT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 620 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009 TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-093>095-031230- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DEKALB-BEDFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 620 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TNZ011-032>034-065-066-077>080-031230- PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-COFFEE-WARREN- GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- 620 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES FRIDAY NIGHT WITH COLDER AIR. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. 31/JBW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down in the Grimsley area.
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