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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN

June 6, 20055 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Warren County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 2485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 062045
FFWOHX
TNC015-031-041-149-177-062245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
345 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER
  DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO
  WARREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURY
  AND WALTERHILL.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR
FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND  DONT DROWN

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND 
DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 3535 8624 3532 8592 3553 8586 3557 8556
      3613 8578 3597 8612 3601 8637 3573 8666
      3561 8625

$$

SON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KOHX 062157
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNC015-031-041-149-177-062205-
WARREN TN-CANNON TN-DE KALB TN-RUTHERFORD TN-COFFEE TN-
455 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COFFEE...RUTHERFORD...DE KALB...CANNON
AND WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 452 PM...RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING 
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. 

WATER MAY CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH IN SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. 
ALSO...WATER MAY BE STANDING ON SOME ROADS. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED 
OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND  DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 3535 8624 3532 8592 3553 8586 3557 8556
      3613 8578 3597 8612 3601 8637 3573 8666
      3561 8625

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
255 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...LARGE COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PART OF FORECAST AREA MOVING
SLOWLY NORTH AND EAST AHEAD OF VORT MAX MOVING INTO THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY. SOME STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SOME HIGH WINDS...KNOCKING DOWN
TREES. SMALL HAIL HAS FALLEN BUT HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO BEEN A THREAT
WITH THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. A BERMUDA HIGH LIES OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES WITH A WEAK FRONT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. THE AIRMASS IS VERY
UNSTABLE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AHEAD OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER 70S.
MODELS KEEP THIS FRONT TO THE NORTH WITH THE SURFACE HIGH IN PLACE.
IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE
NORTHEAST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST COVERAGE LOOKS
TO BE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH A DECREASING CHANCE WEDNESDAY.
FOLLOWED THE HIGHER GFS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES AND LOWER POPS
NEXT TWO DAYS.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...BERMUDA HIGH STAYS STRONG
OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN SEABOARD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
WITH SEVERAL IMPULSES WORKING THROUGH CREATING WIDELY SCATTERED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME TROUGHING DEVELOPS OVER
THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST STATES. THIS MAY BRING A SLIGHT DROP
IN TEMPERATURES
BUT FOR NOW KEEPING TEMPERATURES ABOUT THE SAME THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    72  89  71  86 /  30  50  30  40
CLARKSVILLE  69  87  69  86 /  30  40  30  40
CROSSVILLE   66  83  66  82 /  30  50  30  40

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

TD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
530 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GIRODO/HW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
223 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 SW LAWRENCEBURG      35.12N 87.49W
06/06/2005                   LAWRENCE           TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED A COUPLE TREES DOWN ON DANLEY
            ROAD TWO MILES EAST OF IRON CITY.

1225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W LORETTO             35.08N 87.51W
06/06/2005                   LAWRENCE           TN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON
            BLUFF ROAD WEST OF LORETTO.

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
224 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WAVERLY                 36.09N 87.79W
06/06/2005                   HUMPHREYS          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN IN WAVERLY.

&&

VIRTS

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
235 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

TNZ026-027-059-062005-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILLIAMSON-
235 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2005

...HIGH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN CHEATHAM...WESTERN WILLIAMSON...AND
WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES...

THROUGH 3 PM....LOOK FOR WIND GUSTS TO REACH UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS
SOUTHERN CHEATHAM...WESTERN WILLIAMSON AND WESTERN DAVIDSON COUNTIES.
WINDS AT THIS SPEED CAN CAUSE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO TOPPLE AS WELL
AS TREE LIMBS TO SNAP. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES FOR TRAVELERS.

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
238 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAVERLY                 36.09N 87.79W
06/06/2005                   HUMPHREYS          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES DOWN IN WAVERLY.

&&

KVIRTS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:21 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALTAMONT                35.43N 85.73W
06/06/2005                   GRUNDY             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREE DOWN NEAR ALTAMONT.

0245 PM     HAIL             ALTAMONT                35.43N 85.73W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        GRUNDY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

VIRTS

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
341 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MCMINNVILLE             35.69N 85.78W
06/06/2005                   WARREN             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THREE INCHES OF WATER OVER
            HIGHWAY 70 IN MCMINNVILLE.

&&

VIRTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence	44 min
Jun 6, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	67 min
Jun 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	33 min
Jun 6, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	33 min
Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Warren	39 min
Jun 6, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb	43 min
Jun 6, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland	24 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton	54 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.