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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Van Buren County, White County, Tennessee. It was in force for 87 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2012, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 9:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cumberland County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780
WGUS54 KOHX 030034 CCA
FFWOHX
TNC035-175-185-030630-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0009.120703T0034Z-120703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS WARNING IN
ORDER TO INCLUDE VAN BUREN COUNTY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
734 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. LOCALIZED AREAS MAY SEE RAINFALL TOTALS
ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NASHVILLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3576 8517 3576 8525 3572 8526 3568 8530
3568 8531 3580 8536 3591 8536 3588 8518
$$
111 follow-up statement
304
WGUS74 KOHX 030201
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
901 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
TNC035-175-185-030216-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120703T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VAN BUREN TN-WHITE TN-CUMBERLAND TN-
901 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN WHITE AND NORTHEASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3576 8517 3576 8525 3572 8526 3568 8530
3568 8531 3580 8536 3591 8536 3588 8518
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, White | 95 min |
| Jul 3, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.