Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 17, 2002, 9:29 PM CST for 12 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, 9:29 PM CST (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2002, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Giles County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Moore County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 180329
FFWBNA
TNC003-015-031-041-055-103-117-127-141-175-177-185-180630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
926 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN CANNON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
NORTHWESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TULLAHOMA...FAYETTEVILLE AND COOKEVILE
AND SPARTA.
* UNTIL 1230 AM CST
* AT 921 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN FROM ELKTON IN GILES COUNTY TO MANCHESTER TO MCMINNVILLE AND
COOKEVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
THIS AREA IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
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 3516 8717 3490 8692 3572 8540 3611 8513
3627 8545 3572 8619The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Giles and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Giles and 8 more | 4 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.