Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 31, 2012, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)

Expired

Mar 31, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Giles County, TN

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 312018
FFWOHX
TNC055-312330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0004.120331T2018Z-120331T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
318 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 
  RAIN IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, WITH SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL       
  RAINFALL EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PULASKI.

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 3535 8722 3543 8720 3543 8717 3540 8702
      3520 8683 3508 8700

$$

ROSE

945 
WGUS74 KOHX 312154
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

TNC055-312330-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120331T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILES TN-
454 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GILES COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM CDT...

AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT RESULTED IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 
FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAS CONSIDERABLY WEAKENED. HOWEVER...
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL FORM ACROSS THIS AREA
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER THE LAST
THREE HOURS THAT A WIDE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL
BETWEEN GILES AND LYNNVILLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN THIS AREA
EXPERIENCING MORE THAN FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL. RUNOFF FROM THIS 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PULASKI.

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 3535 8722 3543 8720 3543 8717 3540 8702
      3520 8683 3508 8700

$$
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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.