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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

January 13, 20139 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 13, 2013, 8:50 AM CST for 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 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: Jan 13, 2013, 8:50 AM CST (14:50 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 13, 2:35 PM CST	FLOOD	Waverly, TN	TRAILER PARK EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER ON VICTORY LANE IN WAVERLY.

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

166 
WGUS54 KOHX 131450
FFWOHX
TNC005-021-037-043-083-085-125-147-161-132100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0002.130113T1450Z-130113T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
850 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTH CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST SUNDAY

* AT 847 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO 
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND ANOTHER INCH CAN BE    
  EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINING 
  AREAS. LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY FLASH FLOODING           
  INCLUDE...CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN...SPRINGFIELD...
  WAVERLY...CROSS PLAINS...GREENBRIER...NEW JOHNSONVILLE...RIDGETOP  
  AND TENNESSEE RIDGE.

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 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 3667 8786 3664 8784 3665 8660 3641 8670
      3641 8675 3630 8674 3630 8747 3581 8797
      3581 8802 3585 8805 3585 8822 3612 8822
      3626 8809 3636 8810 3637 8801 3644 8807
      3653 8804 3668 8807

$$

05

1 follow-up statement

242 
WGUS74 KOHX 131515
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

TNC005-021-037-043-083-085-125-147-161-132100-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130113T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROBERTSON TN-STEWART TN-DICKSON TN-BENTON TN-CHEATHAM TN-DAVIDSON TN-
HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
915 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY...
NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...NORTH CENTRAL DAVIDSON...NORTHERN
CHEATHAM...BENTON...NORTHERN DICKSON...STEWART AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM CST...

AT 912 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA....WITH SOME SPOTS LIKELY TO RECEIVE AS MUCH AS AN INCH AN 
HOUR...WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...AS WELL AS URBAN AND POORLY DRAINED...LOW LYING...AREAS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 
CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN...SPRINGFIELD...WAVERLY...CROSS 
PLAINS...GREENBRIER...NEW JOHNSONVILLE...RIDGETOP AND TENNESSEE 
RIDGE.

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 3667 8786 3664 8784 3665 8660 3641 8670
      3641 8675 3630 8674 3630 8747 3581 8797
      3581 8802 3585 8805 3585 8822 3612 8822
      3626 8809 3636 8810 3637 8801 3644 8807
      3653 8804 3668 8807

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 5:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more	6 hr
Jan 13, 8:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Humphreys	38 min
Jan 13, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	45 min
Jan 13, 9:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	24 min
Jan 13, 10:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson	53 min
Jan 13, 10:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	31 min
Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson	60 min
Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 13, 10:55 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson	4 hr
Jan 13, 11:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Sumner	49 min
Jan 13, 12:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Trousdale	37 min
Jan 13, 12:55 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham	36 hr
Jan 13, 1:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	44 min
Jan 13, 1:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	35 min
Jan 13, 1:49 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	36 hr
Jan 13, 1:58 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	36 hr
Jan 13, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	28 min
Jan 13, 2:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale	38 min
Jan 13, 3:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury and 3 more	44 min
Jan 13, 3:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	24 min
Jan 13, 3:18 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery	48 hr
Jan 13, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	24 min
Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston and 7 more	6 hr
Jan 13, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	33 min
Jan 13, 3:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery and 3 more	6 hr
Jan 13, 3:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford, Wilson	46 min
Jan 13, 4:01 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	36 hr
Jan 13, 4:07 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Cannon, Clay, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more	3 hr
Jan 13, 4:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more	51 min
Jan 13, 4:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Jackson and 7 more	50 min
Jan 13, 5:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Grundy	34 min
Jan 13, 5:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham	14 hr
Jan 13, 5:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and 3 more	45 min
Jan 13, 5:38 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	6 days
Jan 13, 5:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Hickman, Overton, Putnam and 5 more	177 days

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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.