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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 20114 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2011, 5:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 15, 2011, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 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.

929 
WGUS54 KOHX 152247
FFWOHX
TNC043-081-085-187-160145-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0029.110615T2247Z-110616T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
547 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WEST CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE MOVED OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE AT LEAST THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRVIEW

LAT...LON 3606 8757 3600 8704 3599 8704 3600 8703
      3599 8701 3587 8700 3592 8759

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam57 min
Jun 15, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Putnam, Smith28 min
Jun 15, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy24 min
Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam63 min
Jun 15, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett15 min
Jun 15, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson61 min
Jun 15, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson49 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson62 min
Jun 15, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White65 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart33 min
Jun 15, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury28 min
Jun 15, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson63 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury28 min
Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson54 min
Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy19 min
Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson63 min
Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne27 min
Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury, Williamson16 min
Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne32 min
Jun 15, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury29 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys36 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy28 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White31 min
Jun 15, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne29 min
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lewis, Maury13 min
Jun 15, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson35 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson48 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy31 min
Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Maury, Williamson34 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson37 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson14 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys32 min
Jun 15, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy3 hr
Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys19 min
Jun 15, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence18 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.