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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

June 5, 20148 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2014, 5:58 AM CDT for 8 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr. 8 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: Jun 5, 2014, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 11:16 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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
Jun 5, 7:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hohenwald, TN	PUBLIC REPORTS MAJOR FLOODING IN HOHENWALD WITH HIGHWAY 412 UNDER WATER
Jun 5, 8:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	7 Nw Ethridge, TN	WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. WATER RESCUE OF 3 PEOPLE OUT OF FLOODED HOUSE AT 35 WATERFORK ROAD IN HENRYVILLE. BUFFALO ROAD AT SR 242 DOWN TO 1 LANE DUE TO FLOODING. SR 240 HAS 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER ROAD.
Jun 5, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.33	Hohenwald, TN	OVERNIGHT RAINFALL TOTAL THROUGH 8AM
Jun 5, 8:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Columbia, TN	ONE WATER RESCUE PERFORMED ACROSS MAURY COUNTY
Jun 5, 8:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Columbia, TN	SEVERAL WATER RESCUES PERFORMED ACROSS MAURY COUNTY WITH CARS TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATERS
Jun 5, 9:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	7 Nw Ethridge, TN	* 1 FATAL * ROAD ERODED BY FLOOD WATER...SWEPT CAR 55 YARDS OFF ROAD. 1 FATALITY
Jun 5, 10:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Centerville, TN	SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED ALL ACROSS HICKMAN COUNTY
Jun 5, 11:20 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	7 Nw Ethridge, TN	15 TO 20 PLACES WITH ROADS WASHED OUT DUE TO FLOODING IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY

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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

467 
WGUS54 KOHX 051058
FFWOHX
TNC043-055-081-085-099-101-119-187-051400-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0007.140605T1058Z-140605T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
558 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOHENWALD...
  MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 557 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS IS VERY POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA. SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
  PAST FEW HOURS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3605 8799 3612 8793 3619 8794 3623 8792
      3572 8681 3546 8693 3545 8695 3541 8694
      3525 8701 3528 8732 3551 8769 3565 8759
      3573 8773 3584 8772 3584 8782 3581 8787
      3585 8795 3593 8793 3593 8799 3596 8803

$$

07

3 follow-up statements

543 
WGUS54 KOHX 051348
FFWOHX
TNC043-055-081-085-099-101-119-187-051700-
/O.EXT.KOHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
848 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOHENWALD...
  MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 838 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS 
  OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED THIS MORNING IN LAWRENCE 
  COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  COLUMBIA...CENTERVILLE...HURRICANE MILLS...WAVERLY...HOHENWALD AND 
  NEW JOHNSONVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3605 8799 3612 8793 3619 8794 3623 8792
      3572 8681 3546 8693 3545 8695 3541 8694
      3525 8701 3528 8732 3551 8769 3565 8759
      3573 8773 3584 8772 3584 8782 3581 8787
      3585 8795 3593 8793 3593 8799 3596 8803

$$

05

626 
WGUS74 KOHX 051539
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1039 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNC043-055-081-085-099-101-119-187-051700-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILLIAMSON TN-DICKSON TN-GILES TN-HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN-LAWRENCE TN-
LEWIS TN-MAURY TN-
1039 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
MAURY...LEWIS...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...HUMPHREYS...HICKMAN...
NORTHWESTERN GILES...SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES...

AT 1033 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. REPORTS OF WATER RESCUES AND ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HURRICANE 
MILLS...WAVERLY...NEW JOHNSONVILLE...CENTERVILLE...AND COLUMBIA.

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 3605 8799 3612 8793 3619 8794 3623 8792
      3572 8681 3546 8693 3545 8695 3541 8694
      3525 8701 3528 8732 3551 8769 3565 8759
      3573 8773 3584 8772 3584 8782 3581 8787
      3585 8795 3593 8793 3593 8799 3596 8803

$$

05

128 
WGUS74 KOHX 051616
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1116 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNC043-055-081-085-099-101-119-187-051617-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILLIAMSON TN-DICKSON TN-GILES TN-HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN-LAWRENCE TN-
LEWIS TN-MAURY TN-
1116 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW WARNING FOR 
PORTIONS OF MAURY...LEWIS...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...HUMPHREYS... 
HICKMAN...NORTHWESTERN GILES...SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN 
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...

THIS NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM THIS EVENING. 

LAT...LON 3605 8799 3612 8793 3619 8794 3623 8792
      3572 8681 3546 8693 3545 8695 3541 8694
      3525 8701 3528 8732 3551 8769 3565 8759
      3573 8773 3584 8772 3584 8782 3581 8787
      3585 8795 3593 8793 3593 8799 3596 8803

$$

05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay	30 min
Jun 4, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	25 min
Jun 4, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Stewart	49 min
Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon	28 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Smith, Trousdale	35 min
Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	36 min
Jun 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	42 min
Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Jun 5, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	50 min
Jun 5, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury, Williamson	42 min
Jun 5, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Rutherford	33 min
Jun 5, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	36 min
Jun 5, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	41 min
Jun 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	35 min
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	15 min
Jun 5, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Grundy	31 min
Jun 5, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	29 min
Jun 5, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	34 min
Jun 5, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry	44 min
Jun 5, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Maury	39 min
Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	45 min
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury	50 min
Jun 5, 4:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	43 min
Jun 5, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	27 min
Jun 5, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	63 min
Jun 5, 6:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall	37 min
Jun 5, 8:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	35 hr
Jun 5, 8:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Williamson	48 min
Jun 5, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Lewis	42 min
Jun 5, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	64 min
Jun 5, 10:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence and 6 more	30 hr
Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 2 more	8 hr
Jun 5, 1:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Perry, Wayne	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Perry, Wayne	59 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	34 hr
Jun 5, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	68 min
Jun 5, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Houston, Humphreys	53 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles	33 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	18 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.