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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2001Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2001, 12:00 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2001, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 12:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood	Lawrenceburg, TN	Spotters and EMA officials reported flooding in Lawrenceburg. The flooding was affecting some residences.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 051702
FFWBNA

TNC099-181-052000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1200 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1200 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 10 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
  THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE LAWRENCEBURG
  AREA.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG AT 1230 PM CDT
  

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.
$$
JBW
LAT...LON 3545 8730 3543 8784 3490 8730 3501 8718

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	43 min
Jul 5, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	45 min
Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	39 min
Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	39 min
Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	30 min
Jul 5, 9:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Sumner	23 min
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	46 min
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	46 min
Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	29 min
Jul 5, 10:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wilson	21 min
Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	44 min
Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	36 min
Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	31 min
Jul 5, 10:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	47 min
Jul 5, 10:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Maury, Williamson	23 min
Jul 5, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry, Wayne	24 min
Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	39 min
Jul 5, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Marshall	27 min
Jul 5, 11:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	40 min
Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	20 min
Jul 5, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lincoln	16 min
Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	15 min
Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lincoln	36 min
Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford	23 min
Jul 5, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	21 min
Jul 5, 12:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Wayne	3 hr
Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson	42 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	40 min
Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham	40 min
Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston	40 min
Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Pickett	24 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2001 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.