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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Nashville, TN

December 16, 200017 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 16, 2000, 4:55 PM CST for 17 counties in 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
Dec 16, 2000, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2000-12-16Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
500 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 162302
FFWOHX
TNC015-027-031-035-041-049-051-061-087-111-133-137-141-159-175-177-
185-170200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CST SAT DEC 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CANNON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WOODBURY
  CLAY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CELINA
  COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE
  DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINCHESTER
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  JACKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GAINESBORO
  MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
  OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON
  PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRDSTOWN
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE
  SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER
  WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE
  WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPARTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 455 PM CST...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN
  PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE
  NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR FLOODING.
  FLOODING OCCURS NOT JUST AS THE RAIN IS OCCURRING...BUT CAN LAST
  FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTERWARDS. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARTS OF MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU UNTIL 800 PM CST.

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

$$
SH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 9:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford3 hr
Dec 16, 12:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Giles, Lawrence, Macon, Maury, Rutherford and 4 more3 hr
Dec 16, 12:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln48 min
Dec 16, 1:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Marshall2 hr
Dec 16, 1:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton, Smith105 min
Dec 16, 2:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb105 min
Dec 16, 2:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin, Grundy, Warren93 min
Dec 16, 3:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXPutnam, White2 hr
Dec 16, 3:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall and 6 more105 min
Dec 16, 3:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Franklin, Moore, Warren85 min
Dec 16, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin, Grundy37 min
Dec 16, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland45 min
Dec 16, 5:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress40 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.