Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jul 12, 2011, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Putnam County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KOHX 121657
FFWOHX
TNC141-122000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0038.110712T1657Z-110712T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1157 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

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

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.

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 3626 8542 3624 8541 3623 8537 3618 8526
      3606 8535 3610 8552 3603 8562 3605 8567
      3608 8570 3609 8576 3625 8579 3621 8558
      3628 8548

$$
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357 
WGUS74 KOHX 121815
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
115 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

TNC141-122000-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110712T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUTNAM TN-
115 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 300
PM CDT...

AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD GENERALLY MOVED EAST OF 
THE WARNED AREA...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD 
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE 
COUNTY.
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL 
HAS OCCURRED...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WITH 
THE POTENTIAL OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL 
EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...COOKEVILLE...ALGOOD AND BAXTER.

SEVERAL STREETS IN AND AROUND COOKEVILLE WERE COVERED WITH WATER 
CAUSING A FEW ROAD CLOSURES.

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 3626 8542 3624 8541 3623 8537 3618 8526
      3606 8535 3610 8552 3603 8562 3605 8567
      3608 8570 3609 8576 3625 8579 3621 8558
      3628 8548

$$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.