Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2009, 2:55 PM CDT for Lawrence 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
- Jun 2, 2009, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lawrence County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 021955
FFWOHX
TNC099-022300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0039.090602T1955Z-090602T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
255 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THE LAWRENCEBURG AREA...ETHRIDGE
...LEOMA...CENTERPOINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3511 8758 3536 8732 3527 8722 3519 8721
3518 8723 3518 8721 3514 8721 3500 8737
3500 8741
$$
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 21 min |
| Jun 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 34 min |
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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.