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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN

October 1, 2012Rutherford County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 1, 2012, 6:06 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Trousdale County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
Oct 1, 2012, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2012, 8:27 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 1, 6:12 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 44 Se Lebanon, TN

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2012-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 2012-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 410 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
410 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
734 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

270 
WGUS54 KOHX 012306
FFWOHX
TNC149-169-189-020500-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0022.121001T2306Z-121002T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
606 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FLOODING IN 
SEVERAL LEBANON STREETS. RAINFALL OBSERVERS IN THE AREA REPORTED 
OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH OVER 2 INCHES IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HARTSVILLE...LEBANON...MURFREESBORO...WALTERHILL AND WATERTOWN.


LAT...LON 3642 8604 3637 8605 3629 8613 3627 8612
      3623 8612 3620 8609 3570 8621 3571 8622
      3567 8625 3568 8651 3570 8654 3601 8644
      3631 8632 3631 8630 3636 8627 3645 8626

$$

JLM
1 follow-up statement
416 
WGUS74 KOHX 020127
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
827 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012

TNC149-169-189-020141-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-121002T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUTHERFORD TN-TROUSDALE TN-WILSON TN-
827 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WILSON...
TROUSDALE AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT HAS ENDED AND FLOODING IS RECEEDING.

LAT...LON 3642 8604 3637 8605 3629 8613 3627 8612
      3623 8612 3620 8609 3570 8621 3571 8622
      3567 8625 3568 8651 3570 8654 3601 8644
      3631 8632 3631 8630 3636 8627 3645 8626

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford29 min
Oct 1, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford30 min
Oct 1, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSmith, Trousdale27 min
Oct 1, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford25 min
Oct 1, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon23 min
Oct 1, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSmith, Wilson24 min
Oct 1, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson32 min
Oct 1, 5:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRutherford, Trousdale, Wilson3 hr
Oct 1, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale19 min
Oct 1, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXJackson33 min
Oct 1, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPutnam34 min

Nearby

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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.