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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Nashville, TN

August 3, 2011Rutherford County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2011, 7:49 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Wilson County, 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
Aug 3, 2011, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2011-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5553 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 2011-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
5553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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.

124 
WGUS54 KOHX 040049
FFWOHX
TNC149-189-040345-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0043.110804T0049Z-110804T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
749 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...  
  EXTREME SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 
  2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR. HARDEST HIT AREAS ARE
  BRADLEY CREEK...TRIMBLE CREEK AND THE EAST FORK OF THE STONES      
  RIVER. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WALTERHILL...LASCASSAS
  AND MILTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3592 8615 3576 8620 3599 8643 3604 8634

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXOverton27 min
Aug 3, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Overton32 min
Aug 3, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford35 min
Aug 3, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford31 min
Aug 3, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam25 min
Aug 3, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson27 min
Aug 3, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury, Williamson35 min
Aug 3, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall33 min
Aug 3, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne37 min
Aug 3, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Marshall33 min
Aug 3, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence22 min
Aug 4, 5:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne29 min
Aug 4, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne25 min
Aug 4, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne36 min
Aug 4, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMarshall28 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.