Interactive NWS Alert Information
New Event for Cookeville, TN
SPS valid from Mar 1 12 4:45 PM to Mar 2 12 4:00 AM CST
Sent to SMS and E-Mail at Mar 1 12 4:45 PM CST
Radar Time: Mar 1 2012 4:45 PM CST
000 WWUS84 KOHX 012245 SPSOHX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 445 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021000- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN... WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON... MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE... LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD... FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO... WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER... WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 445 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR FRIDAY... ...MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL... ...SUPERCELLUAR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY GENERATE STRONG...LONG TRACK TORNADOES... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL PUSH NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS SYSTEM. ITS HARD TO BELIEVE...BUT THERE IS A WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH. THIS WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD TONIGHT...KEEPING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES. KEEP IN MIND...OUR NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 30S. AS THIS WARM FRONT PASSES TONIGHT... ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL COME FLOODING BACK INTO THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL APPROACH 80 DEGREES...WAY ABOVE NORMAL. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. THUS...BY TOMORROW...ALL THE INGREDIENTS...MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH...HOWEVER...WE THINK THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE TOMORROW WITH THE BEST TIME FROM HIGH NOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION TOMORROW. EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND WHERE THEY WILL GO IN THE EVENT A SEVERE STORM MOVES INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AS ALWAYS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA ARE YOUR BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION.