Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2002, 6:24 AM CST for 14 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
- Jan 23, 2002, 6:24 AM CST (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2002, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Moore County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 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, 0.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 531 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 502 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 231224 CCA
FFWBNA
TNC003-031-035-051-055-061-099-103-117-127-175-177-181-185-231500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED WORDING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
606 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
GRUNDY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHELBYVILLE...MANCHESTER...
CROSSVILLE...WINCHESTER...PULASKI...LAWRENCEBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...SPENCER AND MCMINNVILLE
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 601 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM CYPRESS INN
IN SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY EASTWARD TO CROSSVILLE IN THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SEVERAL COUNTIES REPORT THAT A NUMBER OF
LOCATIONS HAVE WATER OVER THE ROAD AND THAT SOME ROADS ARE BECOMING
IMPASSABLE.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS
INDICATE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST
3-6 HOURS. WE ESTIMATE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAINFALL
MAY OCCUR IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS AS MORE RAINFALL MOVES INTO
THE AREA.
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 3505 8803 3502 8694 3498 8586 3590 8469
3620 8489 3567 8602The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 6:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin, Giles, Grundy and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Lewis, Maury, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin, Giles, Grundy and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Putnam, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 15 more | 2 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.