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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2001Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT for Lawrence 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
Jul 5, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2001-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1166 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 2001-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
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 052000
FFWOHX
TNC099-052300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
300 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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER ETHRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. MANY LOCATIONS
  ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.

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.C

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
$$
JBW
LAT...LON 3544 8723 3541 8757 3504 8758 3503 8722

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart43 min
Jul 5, 9:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner45 min
Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson39 min
Jul 5, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston39 min
Jul 5, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson30 min
Jul 5, 9:52 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner23 min
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson46 min
Jul 5, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston46 min
Jul 5, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson29 min
Jul 5, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson21 min
Jul 5, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson44 min
Jul 5, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford36 min
Jul 5, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson31 min
Jul 5, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury47 min
Jul 5, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson23 min
Jul 5, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne24 min
Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson39 min
Jul 5, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall27 min
Jul 5, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne40 min
Jul 5, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford20 min
Jul 5, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln16 min
Jul 5, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles15 min
Jul 5, 11:54 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXLincoln36 min
Jul 5, 12:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne3 hr
Jul 5, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford23 min
Jul 5, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles21 min
Jul 5, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWayne3 hr
Jul 5, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles3 hr
Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Montgomery, Robertson42 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson40 min
Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham40 min
Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston40 min
Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.