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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 29, 2015, 9:56 PM CDT for Hickman County, Humphreys County, Perry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2015, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Perry County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1003 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 29, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 820 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 .UPDATE... WITH MAJORITY OF SCT CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTNING ACTIVITY... MENTIONED SCT SHWRS/TSTMS THRU REMAINDER OF EVENING HRS. HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF WALL CLOUDS WITH SHWRS/TSTMS NEAR THE TN/AL BORDER WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND 0.5 INCH HAIL HERE PRESENTLY AT THE NASHVILLE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OLD HICKORY. WEAK COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO MOVE SLOWLY SWD INTO NW PORTIONS OF MID STATE WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY AND WASH OUT BY MORNING. UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING WILL BECOME MORE ENHANCED ALSO AS THE NIGHT-TIME HRS PROGRESS. THOUGH DIURNAL AFFECTS WILL BE SUBSIDING...ACTIVITY SCT SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY SHOULD LAST THRU THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENING HRS. WITH SOME ACTIVITY REMAINING STATIONARY AND BACK BUILDING ALSO...AND ARE MONITORING RAINFALL RATES FOR POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD PRODUCTS IF NECESSARY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HRS ALSO. ALSO TWEAKED HRLY TEMP...DEWPOINT...SKY CONDITION...AND WIND SPEED/DIRECTION GRIDS. SHORT RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWING CURRENT TEMPS GENERALLY IN LINE WITH FORECASTED LOW TEMPERATURE VALUES FOR TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 712 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015/ UPDATE...FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECAST. AVIATION UPDATE...00Z AVIATION FORECAST. OTHER THAN A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSAGE ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF AREA 30/18Z-30/24Z IN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AMPLIFICATION PATTERN 30/12Z- 30/24Z...SHWR/TSTM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD GENERALLY BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN WITH LOCAL EFFECTS FROM LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLING AND OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCES PLAYING A MAJOR DEVELOPMENTAL ROLES...ALONG POSSIBLY WITH SUBTLE WEAK SHORTWAVES PASSAGES IN UPPER LEVEL FLOW. WHAT THIS ADDS UP TO IS...ALTHOUGH SHWRS/TSTMS COULD DEVELOP AND IMPACT TAF SITES AT ANY TIME/MULTIPLE TIMES THRU 30/24Z...VERY HARD TO PINPOINT ACTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL AND LOCATION TIMING. THUS...WILL GO WITH SCT CB'S AROUND 4KFT...SCT AC 10-12 KFT...AND SCT/BKN CI 20-25 KFT...WITH CONVECTION 30/00Z-30/03Z/REDEVELOPING AGAIN 30/18Z-30/24Z. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 536 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015/ UPDATE... MADE TWEAK TO TEMP FORECAST FOR TUESDAY FOR ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT. TWEAKED HRLY TEMP...DEWPOINT...SKY CONDITION...AND WIND SPEED/DIRECTION GRIDS. OTHERWISE...FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK. PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 324 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015/ DISCUSSION... WEAK SURFACE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH REGION WITH BETTER COVERAGE LYING JUST TO THE NORTH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS AREA LIES CLOSER TO THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER...BUT WITH THE CURRENT INSTABILITY AND AN APPROACHING FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECT CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE WORKWEEK COVERAGE MAY INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA DUE TO A COMBINATION OF DIURNAL HEATING AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. A MARGINAL CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED BY SPC... BETTER CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL COME ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WHEN A STRONGER SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE TROUGH AXIS. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS IT WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT DECENT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...INCREASING PW VALUES TO NEAR 2 INCHES... AND WITH A MORE PRONOUNCED SURFACE LOW AND A SETUP CONDUCIVE TO HEAVY RAIN...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN FACT...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE WEEK COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES FOR SOME AREAS WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND...SHOWER CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST AS MODEL GUIDANCE IN THE EXTENDED SHOWS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHING THROUGH THE MID-STATE...THOUGH THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A BREAK IN THE ACTION FOR FIREWORKS FESTIVITIES AS CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE AT THIS POINT IN THE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 68 87 68 82 / 30 40 20 70 CLARKSVILLE 67 86 68 81 / 30 40 20 70 CROSSVILLE 65 80 64 78 / 30 60 30 60 COLUMBIA 68 87 67 83 / 30 40 20 60 LAWRENCEBURG 68 86 68 84 / 30 40 20 60 WAVERLY 68 86 69 82 / 30 40 20 70 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 31
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:59 AM CDT, 16 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 459 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-301000- 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- 459 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HURLEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
823 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM LIGHTNING 8 S JAMESTOWN 36.32N 84.94W
06/29/2015 FENTRESS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED A HOUSE FIRE
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1500596
JACKSONLocal storm report, Jun 29, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
824 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM LIGHTNING 8 S JAMESTOWN 36.32N 84.94W
06/29/2015 FENTRESS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED A HOUSE FIRE
0810 PM HAIL MOUNT JULIET 36.21N 86.52W
06/29/2015 E0.70 INCH WILSON TN TWITTER
0814 PM HAIL OLD HICKORY 36.26N 86.65W
06/29/2015 E0.88 INCH DAVIDSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN OLD HICKORY.
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1500596 OHX1500598 OHX1500597
31Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:56 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
856 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM LIGHTNING 8 S JAMESTOWN 36.32N 84.94W
06/29/2015 FENTRESS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HOUSE AND TRANSFORMER WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT 550
OAK ROAD...JUST WEST OF ALLADRT NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 127.
&&
CORRECTED REMARKS
EVENT NUMBER OHX1500596
31Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:37 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
942 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM LIGHTNING 8 S JAMESTOWN 36.32N 84.94W
06/29/2015 FENTRESS TN TRAINED SPOTTER
HOUSE AND TRANSFORMER WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT 550
OAK ROAD...JUST WEST OF ALLADRT NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 127.
0810 PM HAIL MOUNT JULIET 36.21N 86.52W
06/29/2015 E0.70 INCH WILSON TN TWITTER
0814 PM HAIL OLD HICKORY 36.26N 86.65W
06/29/2015 E0.88 INCH DAVIDSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN OLD HICKORY.
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 ENE LIVINGSTON 36.44N 85.18W
06/29/2015 OVERTON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWNED IN NORTHEAST OVERTON
COUNTY AND NEAR THE OVERTON AND FENTRESS COUNTY LINE.
TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1500596 OHX1500598 OHX1500597 OHX1500599
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lewis | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cumberland, White | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | White | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Pickett | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Pickett | 42 min |
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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.