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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

May 30, 2006Giles County, Lawrence County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2006, 7:55 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2006, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 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 310059
FFWOHX
TNC055-099-310300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER 
  HIGHWAY 98 AT FIVE POINTS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THAN 2 INCHES
  OF RAINFALL IN THE FIVE POINTS AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO INDICATED
  IN THE AREA NEAR MINOR HILL IN GILES COUNTY

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 3500 8722 3511 8707 3518 8712 3511 8733
      3501 8745

$$

JLM

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 May 30, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE
OCCURRING OVER THE MID STATE.  ACTIVITY WAS MORE NUMEROUS AND
STRONGER OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE THE MODELS SHOW A MORE
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. AGAIN TODAY THE STEERING WINDS WERE LIGHT AND AT
700MB THE WINDS OFF THIS MORNING UPPER AIR SOUNDING WERE SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST AT 4 KNOTS. THIS AFTERNOON UNDER THE HEAVIER SLOW
MOVING STORMS EXPECT LOCAL AREAS OF FLOODING. AS SOON AS WE LOSE THE
HEATING EXPECT THE MID STATE SKIES TO START BECOMING PARTLY
CLOUDY. TONIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND RADIATIONAL COOLING
EXPECT PATCHY FOG IN THE EAST AND AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL
TODAY.

THE MID STATE WAS STILL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE CENTERED NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA/PENNSYLVANIA LINE. THIS
LARGE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING THROUGH THE MID STATE AND
HAS ONCE AGAIN KEPT THE MID STATE IN A WARM UNSTABLE AIR MASS.
IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES THERE IS AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDED
TO TEXAS.

AS THE RIDGE STARTS TO BREAKS DOWN AND THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT WILL INCREASE THE POPS OVER THE CWA
UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. THE DRYER AIR BEING ADVECTED INTO THE CWA
BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING DRIER WEATHER TO THE REGION
FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY
VALUES UNTIL THE WEEKEND AS THE MODELS WERE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT
WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY VALUES.
MONDAY THE GFS MODEL SHOWS ANOTHER BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE MID STATE
AND BRINGING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE MID STATE...MAINLY TO
THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    70  90  68  86 /  20  30  30  60
CLARKSVILLE  69  88  68  83 /  20  30  30  60
CROSSVILLE   65  85  63  78 /  20  30  30  60

&&

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

0523 PM     HAIL             2 S NASHVILLE           36.14N 86.78W
05/30/2006  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON LINWOOD AVE IN SOUTH
            NASHVILLE

&&

JLM

Local storm report, May 30, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
620 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

0607 PM     HAIL             LEWISBURG               35.45N 86.79W
05/30/2006  E0.75 INCH       MARSHALL           TN   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE QUIK TRIP MARKET IN
            LEWISBURG

&&

JLM

Local storm report, May 30, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
640 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 NE MCMINNVILLE       35.81N 85.62W
05/30/2006                   WHITE              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN OF ROCK ISLAND

&&

JLM

Local storm report, May 30, 7:27 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
727 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AUBURNTOWN              35.95N 86.09W
05/30/2006                   CANNON             TN   PUBLIC

            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE AUBURNTOWN AREA

&&

JLM

Local storm report, May 30, 7:53 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
753 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WOODBURY                35.82N 86.07W
05/30/2006                   CANNON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HOOVER MILL ROAD AND DO0LITTLE ROAD FLOODED

&&

JLM

Local storm report, May 30, 7:53 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
753 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006

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

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WOODBURY                35.82N 86.07W
05/30/2006                   CANNON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HOOVER MILL ROAD AND DOOLITTLE ROAD FLOODED

&&

JLM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	30 min
May 30, 7:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cannon	23 min
May 30, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Putnam, Smith	28 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cannon	117 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Pickett	2 hr
May 31, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Fentress, Overton	20 min
May 31, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	37 min
May 31, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Overton, Putnam	18 min
May 31, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson	37 min
May 31, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	23 min
May 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner	37 min

Nearby

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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.