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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

April 7, 2005Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2005, 5:14 PM CDT for Wilson County, 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2005, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2005-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 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 072214
FFWOHX
TNC189-080115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
514 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEBANON

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 509 PM CDT...A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY    
  RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE STATESVILLE AND WATERTOWN AREAS. HOURLY  
  RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WATERTOWN, STATESVILLE, AND       
  LEBANON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3598 8638 3594 8598 3630 8614 3632 8636
$$
ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2005Every 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.