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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

February 13, 2000Van Buren County, Warren County, White County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 13, 2000, 9:23 PM CST for Van Buren County, Warren County, White 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
Feb 13, 2000, 9:23 PM CST (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2000, 12:30 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2000-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 523 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
523 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 140326
FFWOHX
TNC175-177-185-140630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
923 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER
  EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST

* AT 915 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER PARTS OF EASTERN WARREN COUNTY MUCH OF VAN BUREN COUNTY
  AND PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NASHVILLE.

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson30 min
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon30 min
Feb 13, 6:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner4 hr
Feb 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Wilson26 min
Feb 13, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford26 min
Feb 13, 8:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin, Grundy3 hr
Feb 13, 8:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMacon2 hr
Feb 13, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland36 min
Feb 13, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry44 min
Feb 13, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence37 min
Feb 13, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Lincoln, Moore35 min
Feb 14, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren29 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.