National Weather Service Nashville, Tennessee

Types	branch
Location	Old Hickory
Country	United States
Parent organisations	National Weather Service
Website	www.weather.gov/ohx/

National Weather Service Nashville is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 38 counties inMiddle Tennessee. The office is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings, and local statements as well as aviation weather. It is equipped with aWSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar and anAutomated Surface Observing System (ASOS) that greatly increases the ability to forecast. While it is officially the Nashville forecast office, the WFO is technically located inWilson County nearOld Hickory, Tennessee, along the shoreline ofOld Hickory Lake near theDavidson/Wilson County line.

The Weather Service Office of Nashville was awarded theUnited States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for superior federal service three times, in December 1998, May 2007, and April 2010. All three instances were for providing life-saving services for the three major tornado outbreaks that occurred in Middle Tennessee in April 1998, April 2006, and February 2008, respectively.

The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Old Hickory, Tennessee provides programming for 12NOAA Weather Radio stations.

• Nashville Office Main Page
• NOAA Weather Radio Coverage Maps

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