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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN

June 5, 20146 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2014, 8:20 AM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 5, 2014, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 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, 10:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Pulaski, TN	WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS GILES COUNTY WITH SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES. TWO WATER RESCUES FROM VEHICLES.

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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

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

736 
WGUS54 KOHX 051320
FFWOHX
TNC055-099-101-117-135-181-051615-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0009.140605T1320Z-140605T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULASKI...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG...
  SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 818 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLATWOODS
  AND CLIFTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8762 3525 8786 3537 8803 3539 8803
      3541 8798 3543 8803 3546 8804 3550 8766
      3527 8732 3525 8701 3541 8694 3526 8682
      3499 8684

$$

07

1 follow-up statement

683 
WGUS74 KOHX 051537
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1037 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

TNC055-099-101-117-135-181-051615-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140605T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY TN-WAYNE TN-GILES TN-LAWRENCE TN-LEWIS TN-MARSHALL TN-
1037 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS...LAWRENCE...GILES...WAYNE
AND SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 1028 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS GILES COUNTY HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED...AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAYNESBORO

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 3500 8762 3525 8786 3537 8803 3539 8803
      3541 8798 3543 8803 3546 8804 3550 8766
      3527 8732 3525 8701 3541 8694 3526 8682
      3499 8684

$$

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, 5:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 2 more	5 hr
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, 8:27 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.