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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN

January 23, 2002Putnam County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 23, 2002, 11:42 AM CST for Putnam County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 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, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2002, 3:30 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Putnam County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 531 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 231742
FFWBNA
TNC141-189-232130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1136 AM CST WED JAN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  AND WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  
* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 1130 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER WILSON AND PUTNAM 
COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...AND
ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS MORE RAIN 
MOVES THROUGH 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.

$$
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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KOHX 232029
FFSBNA
TNC003-015-031-035-041-051-055-061-099-101-103-117-119-127-141-149-
175-177-181-185-189-232130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
220 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND MUCH OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
THE WARNING COVERS AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
WAYNESBORO...TO COLUMBIA...TO MURFREESBORO...TO MOUNT JULIET
...TO COOKEVILLE AND CROSSIVLLE

AT 2 PM...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN...CONTINUED OVER THE WARNING AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS WILL ONLY WORSEN THE SITUATION.
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 6:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin, Giles, Grundy and 8 more3 hr
Jan 23, 6:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin, Giles, Grundy and 8 more3 hr
Jan 23, 8:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Lewis, Maury, Rutherford3 hr
Jan 23, 8:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Cumberland, Franklin, Giles, Grundy and 8 more3 hr
Jan 23, 11:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 13 more4 hr
Jan 23, 3:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Franklin and 15 more2 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.