Strong gradient winds during the early morning hours on April 14 blew down a few trees around Nashville.
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Strong gradient winds during the early morning hours on April 14 blew down a few trees around Nashville.
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 Apr 14, 2:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 331 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST REASONING WILL LEAN TOWARD A CONSENSUS MODEL SOLUTION COMPROMISE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. FORECAST QUANDARIES...CONVECTION STRENGTH TODAY...WINTRY MIX POTENTIAL MAINLY NW PORTIONS OF MID STATE LATE TONIGHT...WIND ADVISORY TODAY THRU TUE/FREEZE WATCH POTENTIAL WED MORNING... AND TEMPS. A LOT OF QUANDARIES FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD. STARTING OFF... EXPECTING THIS INITIAL ROUND OF SHWRS/TSTMS TO MOVE THRU THE MID STATE THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING HRS...WITH ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED AT LEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON AS SFC FRONT APPROACHES CKV AROUND 18Z AND MOVES TO JUST EAST OF NASHVILLE BY 00Z. SOME STRONG TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE TODAY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ACROSS SRN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE WHERE INSTABILITY AND FORCING WILL BE THE GREATEST. WILL GO CLOSE TO MOS VALUES FOR TEMPS TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. FRONT SHOULD PUSH E OF PLATEAU BY 15/06Z...WITH SOME LINGERING MOISTURE BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX LATE ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE AS COLDER AIR WORKS IN...WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 30S ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE MID STATE...BUT UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S ELSEWHERE...BUT WITH MOISTURE PULLING OUT OF THIS REGION RATHER QUICKLY AFTER 15/06Z...DO NOT FEEL AT THIS TIME CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MENTION...AND BELIEVE ANOTHER SET OF MODEL RUNS IS NEEDED FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION. EXPECTING TEMPS TO MAINLY BE IN THE UPPER 40S ON TUE WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. AS RIDGING INFLUENCES BECOME EVEN MORE ENHANCED ACROSS THE MID STATE ON TUE NIGHT...SKIES CLEAR...AND WINDS BECOME LIGHT...TEMPS SHOULD DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S. THUS...WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...AND WITH THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUING TO BE STRONG THROUGH 15/00Z...AND INCREASING EVEN MORE AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE FROM 15/00Z-15/18Z...AND THEN SLIGHTLY WEAKENING FROM 15/18Z-16/00Z...AND TO NOT CAUSE CONFUSION BETWEEN SPS PRODUCT THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED...WILL BE ISSUING A WIND ADVISORY THRU 16/00Z WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE THRU 15/00Z...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40-45 MPH 15/00Z-15/18Z...AND GUSTS BACK TO 35 MPH BETWEEN 15/18Z-16/00Z WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. THUS...AGAIN...WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND ALSO...AND WITH EXPECTED TEMPS MAINLY BELOW 27 DEGREES...A HARD FREEZE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR BY WED MORNING...AND THUS WILL BE ISSUING A FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM CDT ON WED MORNING. WILL BE GOING CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST REASONING REMAINDER OF WED THRU THE WEEKEND WITH THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE MID STATE FRI INTO FRI NIGHT...WITH TEMPS AGAIN APPROACHING SEASONABLE NORMAL VALUES BY WEEKENDS END. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 72 41 48 28 / 100 70 20 05 CLARKSVILLE 68 36 47 27 / 100 70 10 05 CROSSVILLE 68 38 44 25 / 100 80 30 05 COLUMBIA 72 41 50 28 / 100 70 20 05 LAWRENCEBURG 72 40 51 28 / 100 70 20 05 WAVERLY 68 37 49 28 / 100 70 10 05 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR TNZ005>011-023>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 917 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-150230- 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- 917 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPANNING THROUGH 7AM MONDAY. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40-50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WITH MAIN CONCERNS BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY NIGHT...BRISK NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 28 TO 32 DEGREES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CAUSE DAMAGE...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. EVEN THOUGH ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. TB12
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1154 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
TNZ005-006-023>025-140545-
DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
1154 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DICKSON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...
MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES...
AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MURRAY TO BUENA VISTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES...HOUSTON
COUNTY AIRPORT...DOVER...BIG ROCK...TENNESSEE RIDGE...INDIAN MOUND...
ERIN...CUMBERLAND CITY...WOODLAWN...PALMYRA AND SLAYDEN.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3667 8785 3664 8784 3664 8711 3656 8714
3652 8711 3646 8712 3642 8715 3643 8718
3635 8728 3628 8733 3605 8799 3613 8792
3617 8792 3622 8796 3632 8796 3644 8807
3653 8804 3668 8807
TB12SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1242 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014
TNZ005-006-140630-
MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
1242 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONTGOMERY AND STEWART
COUNTIES...
AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BIG ROCK TO
TENNESSEE RIDGE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BIG ROCK...DOVER...INDIAN MOUND...
WOODLAWN AND CLARKSVILLE.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3664 8711 3663 8712 3637 8769 3637 8771
3634 8777 3633 8790 3664 8779
TB12The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down across Davidson County due to strong gradient winds.
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