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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN

July 3, 2001Cumberland County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT for Cumberland County, 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
Jul 3, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Cumberland County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2001-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 986 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 032349
FFWOHX
TNC035-040145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN JUST EAST OF FAIRFIELD GLADE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST
  OF CROSSVILLE. RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST
  HOUR...JUST EAST OF FAIRFIELD GLADE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
  TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 730 PM.

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.

$$

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LAT...LON 3601 8498 3588 8482 3613 8448 3628 8468

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMoore23 min
Jul 3, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne26 min
Jul 3, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon28 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.