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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN

November 24, 2001Fentress County, Overton County, Putnam County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Nov 24, 2001, 9:28 PM CST for Fentress County, Overton County, Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 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
Nov 24, 2001, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2001, 1:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fentress County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2001-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 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 2001-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 312 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 250342
FFWBNA
TNC035-250730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
928 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY

* UNTIL 135 AM CST

* AT 928 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING 
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 
OCCURRING OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY WITH HOURLY AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 1 TO 
1.5 INCHES. MOST OF THE COUNTY HAD ALREADY RECEIVED AT LEAST 2 
INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AREAS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE CROSSVILLE...PLEASANT 
HILL...AND CRAB ORCHARD.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS, OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 
DEPTH BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT 
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
$$
MAR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 8:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCoffee, Warren, White3 hr
Nov 24, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren34 min
Nov 24, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren34 min
Nov 24, 8:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Putnam3 hr
Nov 24, 9:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland4 hr
Nov 24, 9:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland4 hr

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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.