Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

026 
WGUS74 KOHX 280536
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1236 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

TNC037-149-187-189-280830-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130428T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILLIAMSON TN-WILSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-
1236 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DAVIDSON...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON...NORTHERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE 
STORMS WERE PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES...WITH AMOUNTS IN 
EXCESS OF TWO INCHES WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 
WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FRANKLIN...MURFREESBORO... 
ANTIOCH...BELLE MEADE...BELLEVUE...BRENTWOOD...FOREST HILLS...LA 
VERGNE...NOLENSVILLE...OAK HILL...RURAL HILL...SMYRNA AND WALTERHILL.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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 3583 8630 3583 8712 3611 8703 3612 8700
      3616 8699 3617 8620

$$

05

859 
WGUS74 KOHX 280713
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
213 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

TNC037-149-187-189-280830-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130428T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUTHERFORD TN-WILLIAMSON TN-WILSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-
213 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DAVIDSON...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON...NORTHERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHERN RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

AT 210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...BUT A THREAT OF 
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN AS WATER CONTINUES TO RUN OFF INTO AREA 
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS AND HOMES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND ALTHOUGH 
THE RAIN MAY BE ENDING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT REMAINS.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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. 

&&

LAT...LON 3583 8630 3583 8712 3611 8703 3612 8700
      3616 8699 3617 8620

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
907 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT SHOWED SOME STRONG
(ESPECIALLY FROM KHPX)...BUT DISORGANIZED ROTATION ACROSS CHEATHAM
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO MORE STABLE
BOUNDARY LAYER AIR...SO THE TORNADO WARNING WAS CANCELLED. A
COUPLE OF SEVERE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. RADAR SUGGESTS LARGE
HAIL...BUT VERY WET ENVIRONMENT RESULTING IN MOSTLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WITH SOME HAIL REPORTS UP TO NICKEL SIZE.

IT APPEARS THAT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OUR MAIN CONCERN THROUGH
THE NIGHT. COLD CLOUD TOPS ARE INDICATED ON SATELLITE OVER OUR
NORTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE RAINFALL RATES HAVE APPROACHED 2 INCHES
PER HOUR. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED.
ADDITIONAL COLD CLOUD TOPS ARE BUILDING OVER WEST TN AND WILL
EVENTUALLY TRANSLATE EASTWARD...SPREADING THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE MID STATE OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 15Z SUNDAY.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013/

AVIATION UPDATE...FOR 00Z TAF PACKAGE...
RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INHIBITING VISIBILITIES AT
KCKV AT TAF ISSUANCE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THIS
AREA. BELIEVE THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NEXT SIX
HOURS. MVFR/IFR WILL PREVAIL FOR KCKV DUE TO THIS ACTIVITY.
ELSEWHERE...LOW CEILINGS REMAIN AFTER POTENT RAINS THIS MORNING.
BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT
6 HOURS AT KBNA AND KCSV. HAVE INCLUDED SOME IFR TEMPO GROUPS TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS. MANY AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS ACTIVITY
CONTINUES TO WARRANT CATEGORY CHANGES.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 533 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013/

MESOSCALE UPDATE...PER COORDINATION WITH SPC...MID TN WILL STAY
OUT OF ANY WATCHES FOR NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS TO OUR
SOUTHWEST...WITH A NEW SEVERE WATCH TO OUR SOUTH.

EVEN THOUGH THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE STORMS IS NOT EXPECTED TO MEET
WATCH CRITERIA...WE STILL ANTICIPATE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
GETTING INTO OUR WEST AND FAR SOUTH COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER
WEST TN...WITH HIGHER DEW POINTS AND CAPES MOVING IN FROM THE SSW.
ALSO...ANY STORMS RIDING ALONG THE WARM FRONT WHICH IS DRAPED
ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER MAY FLARE UP QUICKLY WITH ENHANCED
UPDRAFTS AND LOCALLY ENHANCED STORM RELATIVE HELICITY.

THE MAIN WINDOW FOR ANY STRONG TO SEVER APPEARS TO BE THIS
EVENING. FOR THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...THE SEVERE THREAT WILL
DIMINISH...BUT THE COVERAGE OF RAIN AND STORMS WILL INCREASE
WITH A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

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PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013/

UPDATE...
MADE A QUICK DECISION TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. CONCERNED WITH LOW
CENTER MOVING EAST WHILE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD AND BECOMES
ORIENTED WEST TO EAST ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING.
ALSO...TRAINING OF ECHOES IS OF CONCERN ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT
HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TODAY.

BOYD

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 101 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013/

DISCUSSION...
COULD BE A STORMY NIGHT IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH A FEW SEVERE POSSIBLE...

SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS AT EARLY AFTERNOON
FORECAST TO MOVE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR MEMPHIS BY 23Z
AS DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH SWINGS INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AT
THAT TIME. WARM FRONT STRETCHES EAST FROM LOW CENTER INTO NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI TO JUST SOUTH OF MEMPHIS...AND WILL LIFT NORTHWARD
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING SOME
SCATTERED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE DOWN THROUGH NORTH
MISSISSIPPI AT THIS TIME GENERALLY IN A SUNLIT AREA WITH 70 DEGREE
TEMPS AND 60 DEGREE DEWPOINTS. AM EXPECTING AIR MASS TO
DESTABILIZE AS WE GO THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING BASICALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF WARM FRONT WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AREAS
AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTER 00Z WE MAY EVEN SEE A LINE OF STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP IN WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND EXTEND
DOWN THROUGH THE MEMPHIS AREA AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. THIS SYSTEM IS NOT IN ANY
HURRY TO EXIT SO EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS EVEN AFTER
MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY EASTERN AREAS AND PLATEAU WITH SHOWERS
CONTINUING SUNDAY ESPECIALLY EASTERN AREAS. RAIN FINALLY EXITS
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING BUT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ALONG THE
PLATEAU ON MONDAY.

WENT PRETTY MUCH WITH THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTERS GUIDANCE IN
THE LONGER TERM AS MODELS CANT SEEM TO FIGURE OUT JUST WHERE THE DEEP
UPPER LOW IS GOING END UP. THEREFORE I HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN
LONG TERM FORECAST AND HAVE DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE
SHORTER TERM.

BOYD

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR TNZ005>011-022>034-
056>066-075-077>080-093>095.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
522 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-282230-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
522 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THROUGH TONIGHT. ALSO...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 24.
THIS INCLUDES NASHVILLE.

SATURDAY/S RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER THE MID STATE
AND CAUSED HIGH WATER LEVELS ON AREA STREAMS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WITH SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...WILL CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL STREAMS.

INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST
THIS EVENING...MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE
STORMS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT
THE THREAT APPEARS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES....POSSIBLY CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING. SOME RIVERS ACROSS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY RISE INTO ACTION STAGE...INCLUDING THE DUCK
AND BUFFALO RIVERS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1000 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0959 PM     HAIL             WHITE HOUSE             36.46N  86.67W
04/27/2013  E0.88 INCH       ROBERTSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS WAS FALLING IN WHITE HOUSE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300365

SH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1014 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1012 PM     FLASH FLOOD      12 E CLARKSVILLE        36.56N  87.13W
04/27/2013                   ROBERTSON          TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            FAST MOVING WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 76 NEAR
            PORT ROYAL ROAD. THIS WAS JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 238.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300366

SH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1016 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1016 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CLARKSVILLE             36.56N  87.35W
04/27/2013                   MONTGOMERY         TN   PUBLIC

            WATER WAS COVERING MADISON STREET IN CLARKSVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300367

SH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1059 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DOVER                   36.48N  87.84W
04/27/2013                   STEWART            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGMENT REPORTS WATER RESCUES CONTINUING
            ACROSS STEWART COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE TRAPPED IN
            FLOOD WATERS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300368

SHAMBURGER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1111 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GOODLETTSVILLE          36.33N  86.70W
04/27/2013                   DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER WAS SEVERAL INCHES DEEP ACROSS RIVERGATE PKWY IN
            GOODLETTSVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300369

SH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1118 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINDEN                  35.61N  87.84W
04/27/2013                   PERRY              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED DOWNED TREE BRANCHES IN LINDEN ON
            SOUTHWOOD DRIVE WITH HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300370

SHAMBURGER