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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

April 10, 1994Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 2:07 PM CDT for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
452 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 101911
FFWBNA
TNC189-102115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
207 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...WILSON COUNTY
 
...VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING IN WILSON COUNTY...
 
AT 205 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDESTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MOVING THROUGH WILSON COUNTY.  THESE
STORMS WILL DUMP COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS CAUSING FLOODING OF DRAINAGE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.  ALSO WATER WILL POND ON ROADWAYS.
 
MOTORIST ARE URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU TRAVEL THROUGH
WILSON COUNTY.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart61 min
Apr 10, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery65 min
Apr 10, 6:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMaury60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.