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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT for 7 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cheatham County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203
WGUS54 KOHX 050159
FFWOHX
TNC021-043-081-083-085-125-135-050500-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0013.150705T0159Z-150705T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
859 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 857 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...WAVERLY...CENTERVILLE...WHITE BLUFF...
MCEWEN...BURNS...HURRICANE MILLS...PLEASANT VIEW...CHARLOTTE...
LOBELVILLE...VANLEER...SLAYDEN...PLEASANTVILLE...PINEWOOD...
CHEATHAM DAM...BUCKSNORT AND CUNNINGHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3622 8779 3645 8745 3639 8700 3637 8699
3637 8698 3638 8694 3638 8691 3637 8691
3633 8692 3626 8697 3603 8727 3606 8752
3567 8749 3563 8791
$$
ROSE1 follow-up statement
716
WGUS74 KOHX 050329
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1029 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
TNC021-043-081-083-085-125-135-050500-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150705T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOUSTON TN-CHEATHAM TN-HICKMAN TN-HUMPHREYS TN-DICKSON TN-PERRY TN-
MONTGOMERY TN-
1029 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
EASTERN HOUSTON...CHEATHAM...WESTERN HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS...DICKSON...
NORTHEASTERN PERRY AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 1027 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE
DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT, RUNOFF MAY STILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...WAVERLY...CENTERVILLE...WHITE BLUFF...
MCEWEN...BURNS...HURRICANE MILLS...PLEASANT VIEW...CHARLOTTE...
LOBELVILLE...VANLEER...SLAYDEN...PLEASANTVILLE...PINEWOOD...CHEATHAM
DAM...BUCKSNORT AND CUNNINGHAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3622 8779 3645 8745 3639 8700 3637 8699
3637 8698 3638 8694 3638 8691 3637 8691
3633 8692 3626 8697 3603 8727 3606 8752
3567 8749 3563 8791
$$
ROSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Overton | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.