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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

January 23, 200214 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2002, 8:57 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, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2002, 11:30 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 14:54 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, 3.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 231457
FFWBNA
TNC003-031-035-051-055-061-099-103-117-127-175-177-181-185-231745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
852 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  
* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THESE
SAME COUNTIES. AT 850 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH 
HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT A NUMBER 
OF LOCATIONS...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL 
FLASH FLOODING FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING.

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.

$$
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2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS74 KOHX 231629
FFSBNA
TNC003-015-031-035-041-051-055-061-099-101-103-117-119-127-149-175-
177-181-185-231730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1020 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002

FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS MORNING...DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

...IN LAWRENCE COUNTY SEVERAL FAMILIES WERE EVACUATED IN ADVANCE
OF RISING WATERS IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEBURG. SHOAL CREEK WAS OUT OF
ITS BANKS...WITH WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS. HIGHWAY 43...IN
LORETTO...WAS UNDER WATER.

...IN COFFEE COUNTY...SEVERAL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

...IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ESTILL SPRINGS
AND SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED.

...IN MAURY COUNTY...SEVERAL AUTO ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED DUE TO
FLOODING. WATER WAS OVER SOME ROADS AND THREATENING SEVERAL
RESIDENCES.

...IN DEKALB COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER MANY ROADS...WITH
STREAMS AND CREEKS AT BANKFULL.

...IN CANNON COUNTY...ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN
AUBURNTOWN AND BRADYVILLE.

SOME OF GREATEST RAINFALL TOTALS REPORTED OVERNIGHT AND THIS
MORNING INCLUDED...

4.50 INCHES IN GILES COUNTY.

3.80 INCHES AT PULASKI...IN GILES COUNTY

3.39 INCHES AT IRON CITY...IN LAWRENCE COUNTY

3.25 INCHES IN LYNCHBURG

2.81 INCHES IN DUNN...IN LAWRENCE COUNTY

2.75 INCHES IN ESTILL SPRINGS...IN FRANKLIN COUNTY

AND 2.70 INCHES AT EAGLEVILLE...IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH
1130 AM.

$$
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000 
WGUS74 KOHX 231633 CCA
FFSBNA

TNC003-015-031-035-041-051-055-061-099-101-103-117-119-127-149-175-
177-181-185-231730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1020 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002

FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS MORNING...DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

...IN LAWRENCE COUNTY SEVERAL FAMILIES WERE EVACUATED IN ADVANCE
OF RISING WATERS IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCEBURG. SHOAL CREEK WAS OUT OF
ITS BANKS...WITH WATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS. HIGHWAY 43...IN
LORETTO...WAS UNDER WATER.

...IN COFFEE COUNTY...SEVERAL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.

...IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ESTILL SPRINGS
AND SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED.

...IN MAURY COUNTY...SEVERAL AUTO ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED DUE TO
FLOODING. WATER WAS OVER SOME ROADS AND THREATENING SEVERAL
RESIDENCES.

...IN DEKALB COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER MANY ROADS...WITH
STREAMS AND CREEKS AT BANKFULL.

...IN CANNON COUNTY...ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN
AUBURNTOWN AND BRADYVILLE.

SOME OF THE GREATEST RAINFALL TOTALS REPORTED OVERNIGHT AND THIS 
MORNING INCLUDED...

4.50 INCHES IN GILES COUNTY.

3.80 INCHES AT PULASKI IN GILES COUNTY.

3.39 INCHES AT IRON CITY IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

3.25 INCHES IN LYNCHBURG.

2.81 INCHES IN DUNN IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

2.75 INCHES IN ESTILL SPRINGS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

AND 2.70 INCHES AT EAGLEVILLE IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH
1130 AM.

$$
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The 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, 6:24 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, 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, 2002 Every 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.