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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

February 23, 1994Cheatham County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 1994, 8:56 PM CST for Cheatham County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 1994, 8:56 PM CST (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 1994, 1:00 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Cheatham County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1994-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1994-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 240257
FFWBNA
TNC021-240700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
856 PM CST WED FEB 23 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...CHEATHAM COUNTY
 
AT 850 PM CST...TEMA REPORTS THAT THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IS ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE IN PARTS OF CHEAHAM COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND
HAVE BEEN CLOSED. PERSONS ALONG OR NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD WATCH OUT
FOR RISING WATERS.
 
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.