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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Nashville, TN

June 25, 20005 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2000, 9:08 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 25, 2000, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1906 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 
WGUS54 KOHX 260215
FFWOHX
TNC003-031-051-103-127-260415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
908 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINCHESTER
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 902 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST COFFEE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST BEDFORD
  COUNTY...CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
  AND MOST OF MOORE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. SMALL STREAMS
  WILL RISE TO BANKFULL AND OVERFLOW INTO LOW LYING AREAS. URBAN
  AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...PAVED AREAS.
  RAIN WILL LIKELY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL
  INCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Moore32 min
Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Moore32 min
Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin27 min
Jun 25, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln23 min
Jun 26, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson37 min
Jun 26, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilson65 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.