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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN

July 14, 2012Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2012, 11:51 AM CDT for Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 14, 2012, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Sumner County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 12:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD10 W Lebanon, TNFLOODING REPORTED IN THE GREEN HILL/OLD HICKORY AREA.

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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2012-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1335 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 2012-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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.

465 
WGUS54 KOHX 141651
FFWOHX
TNC165-189-142315-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0011.120714T1651Z-120714T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1151 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MAINLY
  THE EASTERN HALF OF SUMNER COUNTY AND MOST OF WILSON COUNTY. DOPPLER
  RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN
  ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GALLATIN...LEBANON...BELINDA CITY...GREEN HILL...HENDERSONVILLE...
  MOUNT JULIET...RURAL HILL...WATERTOWN AND WESTMORELAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8621 3645 8625 3645 8627 3632 8628
      3630 8626 3632 8625 3630 8614 3597 8603
      3598 8630 3610 8651 3624 8659 3632 8668
      3665 8634

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 10:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBenton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman and 13 more8 hr
Jul 14, 12:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner, Wilson6 hr
Jul 14, 4:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence and 8 more6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.