Strong southerly gradient winds of 35 to 45 mph affected much of Middle Tennessee during the day on February 19. One report of wind damage was received.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Strong southerly gradient winds of 35 to 45 mph affected much of Middle Tennessee during the day on February 19. One report of wind damage was received.
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 19, 11:36 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1136 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN A HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID AND UPPER MS VALLEY REGION. SOUTH WINDS WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WERE BRINGING MILD AIR...WITH MID MORNING TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE LOWER 60S. THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER OUR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES...FROM CLARKSVILLE TO LAFAYETTE...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE. GUSTS WILL BE GRADUALLY LESS FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...AROUND 35 MPH NEAR THE AL BORDER. THE WINDS WILL DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SUNSET AS VERTICAL MIXING DECREASES...AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AS WELL. THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH HALF OF MID TN WILL END AT 6 PM. SKIES WILL BE SUNNY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT A BAND OF CLOUDS WILL ROLL IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...EXCEPT AROUND 60 PLATEAU. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. GUSTY SSW WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. EXPECTED GUSTS CONTINUING THROUGH 23Z WILL BE AROUND 35KT AT CKV AND 30KT AT BNA AND CSV. WINDS WILL DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AROUND 20/00Z AND A CLOUD DECK AROUND 5KFT WILL ARRIVE WITH A WEAK FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND CLOUDS WILL LOWER...WITH MVFR EXPECTED AROUND 06Z...AND IFR AROUND 10Z. VSBYS WILL FALL AROUND 4SM WITH BR AND PATCHY -DZ/-RA. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR CANNON-CHEATHAM- CLAY-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-DE KALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-JACKSON-MACON- MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH- STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION........13 LONG TERM..................31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 528 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-201130- 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- 528 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL 6 PM TODAY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 27
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Facebook report inidcated 2 trees were blown down and half of a barn roof was blown off in White Bluff.
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