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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Nashville, TN

April 28, 201438 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood watch at Apr 28, 2014, 7:54 AM CDT for 38 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 28, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2014, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity
None
All 38 counties

Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 267 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 573 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Apr 28, 7:44 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 7:44 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
744 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

.UPDATE...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE AN INITIAL FFA (STARTING AT 13Z)
FOR OUR ENTIRE CWA, EFFECTIVE UNTIL 04Z THIS EVENING, WITH THE
EXPECTATION THAT WE MAY VERY WELL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY EXTEND IT
INTO TUESDAY (WHEN GROUNDS WILL BE MOST SATURATED AND SUSCEPTIBLE
TO MAXIMUM RUN OFF). BAND OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT MOVED ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MIDDLE TN THIS MORNING, ALONG WITH
APPROACHING BAND OF STORMS OVER WESTERN TN, MAY PROVIDE IMPETUS
FOR SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING, ALONG WITH EXPECTED HEAVY
DOWNPOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BELIEVE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL TODAY WILL DEPEND PARTLY ON
WHETHER SURFACE DEW POINT BOUNDARY (THAT HAS NOW SUNK AS FAR SOUTH
AS NASHVILLE) BECOMES QUASI-STATIONARY OR LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTH.
WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON HOW THAT FEATURE DEVELOPS AS THE
DAY WEARS ON.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR TNZ005>011-023>034-
056>066-075-077>080-093>095.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 5:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
507 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-291015-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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-
507 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...BUT THE MAIN AREA OF FOCUS WILL BE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WHERE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG LONG TRACK
TORNADOES...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR TORNADOES WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY OVER MOST OF
THE MID STATE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
OVER THE AREA. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A THREAT.
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT
THIS ACTIVE PERIOD. A FULL MTEARS AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVATION IS
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
538 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TNZ009-010-281100-
CLAY-MACON-
538 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY AND MACON COUNTIES...

AT 533 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE RED BOILING SPRINGS.

HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3663 8595 3662 8563 3644 8591 3658 8606
      3664 8597

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
542 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TNZ007-008-024>027-057-281115-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HICKMAN-HUMPHREYS-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-
542 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...DICKSON...
HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS...ROBERTSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES...

AT 538 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPRINGFIELD TO
DICKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CHEATHAM DAM...CHARLOTTE...
DICKSON...BURNS...PLEASANT VIEW...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE BLUFF...ASHLAND
CITY...ORLINDA...CROSS PLAINS...GREENBRIER AND BEAMAN PARK.

HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LAT...LON 3623 8680 3584 8780 3665 8684 3666 8659
      3664 8657 3666 8651 3665 8636

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
608 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TNZ008-009-026>029-059-281200-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-MACON-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
608 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...MACON...
SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 608 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PORTLAND TO
GOODLETTSVILLE TO KINGSTON SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BELLS BEND...WHITES CREEK...
PORTLAND...PEGRAM...MILLERSVILLE...KINGSTON SPRINGS...
GOODLETTSVILLE...COTTONTOWN...MADISON...OAK GROVE...BELLEVUE AND
HENDERSONVILLE.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3662 8583 3643 8597 3609 8650 3610 8651
      3607 8652 3609 8654 3606 8657 3602 8719
      3605 8718 3631 8677 3666 8651

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:02 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
702 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TNZ008-028-281245-
SUMNER-WILSON-
702 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SUMNER AND WILSON COUNTIES...

AT 658 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HENDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE HENDERSONVILLE...MOUNT JULIET...
LEBANON...DICKERSON CHAPEL RECREATION AREA AND TUCKERS CROSSROADS.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3630 8627 3630 8625 3633 8625 3635 8623
      3629 8614 3623 8612 3621 8609 3610 8606
      3622 8659 3624 8660 3626 8664 3631 8664
      3637 8662 3638 8628

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:53 AM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
753 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TNZ009-010-031-281330-
CLAY-JACKSON-MACON-
753 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLAY...JACKSON AND MACON
COUNTIES...

AT 751 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED BOILING SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE RED BOILING SPRINGS...MOSS...
CELINA AND DALE HOLLOW LAKE.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3654 8530 3642 8590 3661 8592 3663 8585
      3662 8549 3663 8531

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMacon22 min
Apr 28, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson33 min
Apr 28, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale52 min
Apr 28, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner35 min
Apr 28, 7:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson43 min
Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson41 min
Apr 28, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXClay37 min
Apr 28, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Humphreys46 min
Apr 28, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne, Williamson6 hr
Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne and 1 more5 hr
Apr 28, 10:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMaury, Williamson3 hr
Apr 28, 10:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMaury, Williamson3 hr
Apr 28, 11:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys4 hr
Apr 28, 11:22 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 hr
Apr 28, 11:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Williamson4 hr
Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White36 min
Apr 28, 12:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Putnam, White28 min
Apr 28, 12:42 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman18 hr
Apr 28, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress32 min
Apr 28, 1:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXMaury, Williamson3 hr
Apr 28, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery, Perry46 min
Apr 28, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Montgomery39 min
Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury36 min
Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne30 min
Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence32 min
Apr 28, 4:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXCheatham32 hr
Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Robertson49 min
Apr 28, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner36 min
Apr 28, 5:58 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman3 hr
Apr 28, 5:58 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.