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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Nashville, TN
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.
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.
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.
- 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
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. && 19
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 27
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
13Special 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
13Special 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
27Special 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
27Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:34 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>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
13The 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, 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, 10:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 3 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2014Every flash flood watch in 2014
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.