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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN

April 27, 20118 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT for 8 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 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 27, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -38 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.

744 
WGUS54 KOHX 272235
FFWOHX
TNC035-041-049-087-133-137-141-185-280430-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0024.110427T2235Z-110428T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
535 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE...
  EASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON...
  PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRDSTOWN...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE...
  WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPARTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN   
  THE WARNED AREA.

* AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...WITH 
  RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR. STRONG              
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING 
  THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS 
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3633 8477 3629 8479 3627 8487 3616 8489
      3610 8483 3609 8479 3605 8477 3598 8470
      3591 8467 3582 8476 3583 8567 3586 8577
      3621 8578 3663 8513 3660 8477 3640 8465

$$

LAROSA

The 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, 4:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 6 more	3 hr
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

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.