Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Aug 5, 2012, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)

Expired

Aug 5, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County White County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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WGUS54 KOHX 051924
FFWOHX
TNC185-052230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0015.120805T1924Z-120805T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
224 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN 
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT ONE
  TO TWO HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SPARTA...BAKERS CROSSROADS...AND MACEDONIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3590 8539 3590 8562 3598 8566 3600 8564
      3602 8564 3605 8561 3604 8559 3606 8557
      3608 8553 3606 8538 3603 8532

$$

SHAMBURGER

669 
WGUS74 KOHX 052016
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012

TNC185-052230-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120805T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WHITE TN-
316 PM CDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WHITE COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN 
WHITE COUNTY OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...SPARTA...BAKERS CROSSROADS...AND MACEDONIA.

AT 245 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED CALFKILLER RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS 
BANKS AND HAD RISEN INTO THE BACKYARD OF A HOME ALONG COAL BANK ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3590 8539 3590 8562 3598 8566 3600 8564
      3602 8564 3605 8561 3604 8559 3606 8557
      3608 8553 3606 8538 3603 8532

$$

SHAMBURGER

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

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.