A strong cold front passage through Middle Tennessee during the morning hours resulted in gradient winds of 20-30 mph with wind gusts in excess of 35 mph.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A strong cold front passage through Middle Tennessee during the morning hours resulted in gradient winds of 20-30 mph with wind gusts in excess of 35 mph.
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 Mar 12, 9:58 AM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1058 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014 .UPDATE... STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED INTO NW PART OF MIDDLE TN AROUND DAYBREAK. IT RACED ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AND MOVED OUT OF THE MID STATE JUST BEFORE 16Z. A VERY NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS ACCOMPANIED THE FRONT AND HAD EXITED THE MID STATE BY 16Z. POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WERE COMMONLY IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 40 MPH. EXPECT SIMILAR WINDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS GRADIENT SLACKENS. WILL KEEP THE LOW END WIND ADVISORY GOING TO ITS ORIGINAL ENDING TIME OF 00Z. WILL ALSO KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN/SPRINKLES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 738 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014/ UPDATE... UPDATED THE SUITE OF FORECAST PRODUCTS PER CURRENT RADAR AND SHORT TERM MODEL TRENDS. BASICALLY...LOOKS LIKE MOST SHWR ACTIVITY IN A LINEAR TYPE NE/SW LINE IS JUST IN FRONT OF SFC FRONT WHICH HAS ALREADY WORKED ITS WAY INTO THE CLARKSVILLE AREA WITH TEMPS CURRENTLY AROUND 50 AND BREEZY NW WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 43 MPH. SOME LIGHT SHWRS NOTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT TOO. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THRU THE MID MORNING HRS...AND DECREASE SHWR CHANCES ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS W OF PLATEAU AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE FOR THE MORNING HRS. STILL EXPECT TEMPS TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HRS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 623 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014/ AVIATION... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-STATE BY 18Z...WITH ALL THREE TAF SITES EXPERIENCING MVFR CIGS AND VIS UNDER A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT MAIN IMPACT WILL BE RAPID WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KTS AND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 KTS. LOW CIGS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AFTER 00Z. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005>011-023>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 49
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 500 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-131000- 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- 500 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY. BEHIND THIS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION 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. 31
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down on Kimbell Road near Collinwood Road in West Point. Utility crews were working to clear the roadway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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