Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2002, 8:39 PM CDT for Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 21, 2002, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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 220139 FFWBNA TNC181-220345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 838 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 837 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER COLLINWOOD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. 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. $$ 21 LAT...LON 3520 8784 3507 8769 3515 8763 3530 8775
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KOHX 220222 FFSBNA TNC181-220345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 922 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM... AT 915 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR COLLINWOOD HAS MOVED NORTHEAST AND HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT RADAR HAS INDICATED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL NEAR COLLINWOOD OVER THE PAST 1 1/2 HOURS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE. KEEP IN MIND THAT FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL OCCUR EVEN AFTER RAINFALL DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY. $$ 21
000 WGUS74 KOHX 220347 FFSBNA TNC181-220415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1046 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS DIMINISHED WITH NO CURRENT REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING IN THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS NOW EXPIRED. $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Moore | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 50 min |
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.