Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 2001, 7:34 AM CST for 7 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 9 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 16, 2001, 7:34 AM CST (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KOHX 161342 COR FFWBNA TNC005-021-037-043-055-081-083-085-099-101-117-119-125-135-147-149- 161-165-181-187-189-162230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 734 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 725 AM CST...EXTENSIVE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NASHVILLE. $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS54 KOHX 161437 COR
FFWBNA
TNC055-099-101-117-119-181-162230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TO REMOVE LINCOLN COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
832 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 830 AM CST...EXTENSIVE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE
AREA. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
ADDITIONAL EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL CAUSE
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE
SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALL, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NASHVILLE.
$$
LAT...LON 3573 8664 3537 8660 3503 8636 3503 8808
3550 8799The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Franklin | 48 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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.