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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN

July 4, 2011Cumberland County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2011, 10:55 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2011, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2011, 12:53 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cumberland County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1850 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1850 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

279 
WGUS54 KOHX 050355
FFWOHX
TNC035-050700-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0034.110705T0355Z-110705T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1055 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL CUMBERLAND 
  COUNTY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING NEAR THE CROSSVILLE AIRPORT...
  THREEMILE CREEK AND BYRD CREEK. THIS RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING 
  IN THE WARNED AREA.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3600 8515 3597 8490 3583 8492 3587 8517

$$

JLM
1 follow-up statement
206 
WGUS74 KOHX 050553
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1253 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

TNC035-050608-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110705T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND TN-
1253 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CUMBERLAND
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3600 8515 3597 8490 3583 8492 3587 8517

$$

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren94 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.