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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN

January 24, 200218 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 5:31 AM CST for 18 counties in 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
Jan 24, 2002, 5:31 AM CST (11:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 9:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 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 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 682 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 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 241131
FFWBNA

TNC003-015-031-035-041-049-051-055-061-103-117-127-133-137-141-175-
177-185-241530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
524 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  CANNON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHELBYVILLE...WOODBURY...MANCHESTER...
  CROSSVILLE...SMITHVILLE...WINCHESTER...PULASKI...FAYETTEVILLE...
  LEWISBURG...LYNCHBURG...LIVINGSTON...COOKEVILLE...SPENCER...
  MCMINNVILLE AND SPARTA.

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 519 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
  RAIN MOVING INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
  EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  MOVE THROUGH. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
  AS WELL AS SOME AREA ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS
A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER,
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
$$

LAT...LON 3503 8741 3500 8587 3662 8412 3662 8528
          3628 8555 3596 8612 3565 8627 3570 8647

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart33 min
Jan 24, 3:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more54 min
Jan 24, 3:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more3 hr
Jan 24, 4:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Davidson, Giles, Hickman, Jackson, Lawrence and 12 more4 hr
Jan 24, 7:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 26 more3 hr
Jan 24, 12:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXFranklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Lincoln, Wayne4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.