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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2014, 10:38 AM CDT for Maury County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 10:53 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 W Columbia, TN | FLOODING IN HAMPSHIRE REPORTED BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGER...WATER AROUND HOUSES AND HIGHWAY 412 IS WASHED OUT IN THE AREA. |
| Apr 28, 11:08 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Franklin, TN | HARPETH RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS ON BOYD MILLER ROAD. VIA TWITTER. |
| Apr 28, 11:18 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Wnw Mount Pleasant, TN | WATER RESCUE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 166 N AND HAMPSHIRE PIKE |
| Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Leipers Fork, TN | FLOYD ROAD WAS FLOODED ALONG LIEPERS CREEK. |
| Apr 28, 12:18 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Franklin, TN | WATER OVER DEL RIO PIKE AND CARLISLE RD WAS REPORTED. TWO-THIRDS OF ROADWAY BLOCKED BY WATER. |
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 573 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 616 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057
WGUS54 KOHX 281538
FFWOHX
TNC119-187-281830-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0002.140428T1538Z-140428T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1038 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...
WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 AM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
HILL...COLUMBIA...NOLENSVILLE AND BRENTWOOD
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3545 8712 3543 8719 3544 8729 3554 8728
3555 8732 3561 8736 3568 8731 3573 8723
3585 8721 3582 8711 3599 8703 3605 8685
3595 8664 3572 8681 3571 8679 3570 8681
3553 8685 3545 8695 3541 8696
$$
TJ1 follow-up statement
840
WGUS74 KOHX 281641
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1141 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014
TNC119-187-281830-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140428T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILLIAMSON TN-MAURY TN-
1141 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR MAURY
AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
COLUMBIA...SPRING HILL...NOLENSVILLE...FRANKLIN AND BRENTWOOD.
MAURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REPORTING WATER RESCUES ARE
OCCURRING IN THE HAMPSHIRE AREA...WEST OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS A RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3545 8712 3543 8719 3544 8729 3554 8728
3555 8732 3561 8736 3568 8731 3573 8723
3585 8721 3582 8711 3599 8703 3605 8685
3595 8664 3572 8681 3571 8679 3570 8681
3553 8685 3545 8695 3541 8696
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Macon | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 7:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne, Williamson | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Putnam, White | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 12:42 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 18 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 4:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 32 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Robertson | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 5:58 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:58 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 3 hr |
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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.