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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Nashville, TN

October 13, 2001Hickman County, Humphreys County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2001, 6:51 PM CDT for Hickman County, Humphreys 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
Oct 13, 2001, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2001-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 238 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 2001-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 132357
FFWBNA
TNC081-085-140200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
651 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 
FROM NEW JOHNSONVILLE TO HURRICANE MILLS TO BUCKSNORT TO CENTERVILLE 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS RANGED 
FROM 1 INCH TO 2 AND A QUARTER INCHES. DUE TO THIS RAIN AND THE RAIN 
OVER THE LAST 3 DAYS...THE GROUND IS SATURATED. THROUGH 900 PM 
CDT...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL RESULTING IN FLOODING 
OF SOME ROADS...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND 
DUCK RIVERS.

.IF YOU LIVE NEAR STREAMS, RIVERS OR CREEKS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 
NEVER EVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. 
$$
LAT...LON 3582 8771 3564 8759 3581 8722 3621 8764
          3628 8791
JDG

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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.