Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 17, 2002, 4:59 PM CST for 8 counties in 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
- Mar 17, 2002, 4:59 PM CST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2002, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Perry County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KOHX 172259 FFWBNA TNC005-021-037-043-081-085-135-187-180145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 451 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHVILE...FAIRVIEW...BRENTWOOD AND WAVERLY * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 444 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM HALLIDAY IN SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY TO DICKSON TO NASHVILLE. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED WITH MORE RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. * EXPECT FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY THOSE ADJACENT TO DITCHES OR CREEKS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A FEW ROADS IN WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY ARE UNDER WATER. 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 3602 8813 3570 8800 3600 8663 3642 8682
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 1:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 3 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.