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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Nashville, TN

August 12, 2001Lincoln County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 90 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 00:00Z on 2001-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1887 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 00:00Z on 2001-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 130021
FFWBNA
TNC103-130145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
715 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
  FLASH FLOODING IN LINCOLN COUNTY. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ON
  THE RISE AND STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS BASED ON WEATHER RADAR SINCE 4 PM HAVE TOTALED
  IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF LINCOLN 
  COUNTY FROM DELLROSE...COLDWATER...FAYETTEVILLE AND FLINTVILLE AREAS. 

  MORE RAIN HAS MOVED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  WILL ONLY ADD TO SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS.

  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
  SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

  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.

  TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
  RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

$$
BOYD
LAT...LON 3519 8671 3504 8663 3507 8637 3530 8654

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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.