Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2011, 4:52 AM CDT for 12 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Wayne County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Camden, TN | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED. |
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dickson, TN | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. HIGHWAY 49 IS FLOODED,AS IS HIGHWAY 48 AT EAST PINEY ROAD AND SULPHUR FORK ROAD. |
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Erin, TN | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT OLD HIGHWAY 49 WAS PRETTY MUCH SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLOODING. WATER IS ENCROACHING ON HIGHWAY 149 AND MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE BLOCKED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. |
| Apr 27, 5:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waverly, TN | SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES IN WAVERLY AND ALL ACROSS HUMPHREYS COUNTY. |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Linden, TN | WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS PERRY COUNTY, INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 31 NORTH, HIGHWAY 412 EAST OF LINDEN, AND HIGHWAY 128. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS54 KOHX 270952
FFWOHX
TNC005-021-043-081-083-085-101-125-135-147-161-181-271245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0019.110427T0952Z-110427T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
452 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
NORTHWESTERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON...
WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...
PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN...
NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...
WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 442 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS
WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING...RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS...AND
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...CAMDEN AND LINDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 8704 3501 8795 3501 8799 3530 8799
3539 8803 3541 8797 3545 8805 3551 8797
3573 8803 3581 8798 3585 8803 3585 8822
3613 8821 3625 8810 3636 8810 3637 8800
3643 8805 3667 8808
$$
131 follow-up statement
762
WGUS74 KOHX 271139
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
639 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC005-021-043-081-083-085-101-125-135-147-161-181-271300-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110427T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HICKMAN TN-PERRY TN-DICKSON TN-HOUSTON TN-CHEATHAM TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
ROBERTSON TN-STEWART TN-LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
639 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS...BENTON...
WESTERN WAYNE...LEWIS...STEWART...NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN CHEATHAM...HOUSTON...WESTERN DICKSON...
PERRY AND WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...
AT 637 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED INCLUDING
FLOODED ROADS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DICKSON...DOVER...ERIN...HOHENWALD...LINDEN...
WAVERLY...GUTHRIE...MCEWEN...NEW JOHNSONVILLE AND TENNESSEE RIDGE.
THIS ROUND OF FLASH FLOODING WILL SUBSIDE THIS MORNING...BUT
ADDITIONAL HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AND MORE
FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 8704 3501 8795 3501 8799 3530 8799
3539 8803 3541 8797 3545 8805 3551 8797
3573 8803 3581 8798 3585 8803 3585 8822
3613 8821 3625 8810 3636 8810 3637 8800
3643 8805 3667 8808
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 57 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 27 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 15 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 15 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Coffee, Grundy | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Smith, Wilson | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 6:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Smith | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 6:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 6:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 7:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Van Buren, White | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 65 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 25 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 34 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Maury | 68 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys | 5 days |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles | 56 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 50 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:06 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 43 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 8 min |
| Apr 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Grundy | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Marshall, Rutherford | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Warren, White | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.