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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Nashville, TN

September 4, 2011Houston County, Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2011, 5:52 PM CDT for Houston County, Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2011, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Houston County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 7:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODErin, TNWATER OVER ROAD AT HIGHWAY 13 AND MOBLEY LANE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 12:00Z on 2011-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 658 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
658 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

146 
WGUS54 KOHX 042252
FFWOHX
TNC083-125-161-050200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0044.110904T2252Z-110905T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
552 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A FRONTAL      
  BOUNDARY HAS STALLED OVER THIS REGION, WITH THE ONGOING AREA OF    
  HEAVY RAIN SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...    
  CLARKSVILLE...ERIN...AND TENNESSEE RIDGE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3664 8711 3636 8753 3624 8778 3624 8781
      3645 8798 3650 8769 3664 8761

$$

ROSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery28 min
Sep 3, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery26 min
Sep 4, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress and 11 more49 hr
Sep 4, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett28 min
Sep 4, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb28 min
Sep 4, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Wilson37 min
Sep 4, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys4 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.