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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

May 24, 2000Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2000, 10:08 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Robertson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2000, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3627 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
3627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 250315
FFWOHX
TNC125-147-250615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1008 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM
SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY INTO MONTGOMERY AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT 3
HOURS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WARNED AREA.

*  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
   ADAMS
   CLARKSVILLE
   SPRINGFIELD
   CROSS PLAINS

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.k IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
$$
BOYD
01

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith52 min
May 24, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson54 min
May 24, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale57 min
May 24, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery59 min
May 24, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon51 min
May 24, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson38 min
May 24, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson54 min
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson49 min
May 24, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson50 min
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson53 min
May 24, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson87 min
May 25, 12:10 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson35 min
May 25, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson42 min
May 25, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford38 min
May 25, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson35 min
May 25, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith38 min
May 25, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford, Williamson35 min
May 25, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam, White39 min
May 25, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton35 min
May 25, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson4 hr
May 25, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland35 min
May 25, 2:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys39 min
May 25, 2:47 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman28 min
May 25, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb34 min
May 25, 3:13 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury42 min
May 25, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee42 min

Nearby

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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.