Gusty south winds up to 40 mph during the early morning hours on March 7 caused one report of wind damage near Springfield in Robertson County.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Gusty south winds up to 40 mph during the early morning hours on March 7 caused one report of wind damage near Springfield in Robertson 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 Mar 7, 12:50 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 1250 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 .UPDATE... FOR MORNING DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... A wind advisory has been issued for all of Middle Tennessee until noon and for the Cumberland Plateau until 3 pm. A strong cold front will enter Middle Tennessee early Tuesday morning and will move through the mid state throughout the day. Winds ahead and just behind the front will be unusually strong, with sustained speeds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts as high as 50 mph. && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF DISCUSSION. Winds are gusting 25 to 30 knots at all TAF sites this evening. Don't expect winds to let up until the frontal passage Tuesday. CKV could see passing showers now through 12z when a line of showers and gusty winds will enter the western portions of the mid state. Precip chances will increase for BNA by 13z and for CSV around 17z. Precip may be heavy enough to bring cigs down to MVFR and maybe even IFR levels Tuesday morning. Visibilities may also decrease as the main line of showers passes through the area. Conditions will drastically improve Tuesday afternoon behind the front. Winds will decrease to 5 to 10 knots and become westerly by 00z at BNA and CKV. CSV may see low clouds persist close to 06Z before clearing out. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 3 PM CST this afternoon FOR Cannon-Clay- Coffee-Cumberland-De Kalb-Fentress-Grundy-Jackson-Overton- Pickett-Putnam-Van Buren-Warren-White. Wind Advisory until noon CST today FOR Bedford-Cheatham-Davidson- Dickson-Giles-Hickman-Houston-Humphreys-Lawrence-Lewis-Macon- Marshall-Maury-Montgomery-Perry-Robertson-Rutherford-Smith- Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Wayne-Williamson-Wilson. && DISCUSSION......19 AVIATION........08
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Nashville TN 1242 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071130- 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- 1242 AM CST Tue Mar 7 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Rest of Tonight A wind advisory is in effect for all of Middle Tennessee for the rest of tonight...for sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph and wind gusts as high as 40 to 50 mph. These winds will be increasing ahead of a line of thunderstorms that is forecast to reach the Tennessee River near dawn. Winds this high can easily blow down branches and shallow rooted trees. In addition, when the line of thunderstorms arrives there could be a few thunderstorms, with similarly strong and potentially damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday A wind advisory will remain in effect into Tuesday...for sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph...and gusts as high as 40 to 50 mph. Winds this high can easily blow down branches and shallow rooted trees. In addition, a line of thunderstorms will sweep across the area, and a few of the thunderstorms could produce similarly strong and potentially damaging wind gusts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree and power lines were blown down at 4558 Highway 161 around 2 miles north of Springfield. The Springfield Airport AWOS located 2 miles west of this location measured a peak wind speed of 25 mph and peak wind gust of 39 mph at 155 AM CST.
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