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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN

May 16, 1995Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1995, 1:35 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Davidson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 161837
FFWBNA
TNC037-162130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
135 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DAVIDSON COUNTY
 
FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE ESTES ROAD AND WOODMONT AREA
IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY COME OUT OF
THEIR BANKS AROUND DAVIDSON 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
May 16, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys37 min
May 16, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson, Stewart45 min
May 16, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson55 min
May 16, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman58 min
May 16, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys67 min
May 16, 1:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys3 hr
May 16, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson59 min
May 16, 1:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford3 hr
May 16, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam69 min
May 16, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon65 min
May 16, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWarren41 min
May 16, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury46 min
May 16, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLincoln69 min

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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.