Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jun 23, 2015, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)

Expired

Jun 23, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

112 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Rutherford County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

055 
WGUS54 KOHX 240253
FFWOHX
TNC149-240445-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0002.150624T0253Z-150624T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
953 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 949 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 
  IN MURFREESBORO. MIDDLE TENNESSEE BOULEVARD WAS REPORTEDLY CLOSED 
  DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN MERCURY BOULEVARD AND BRADYVILLE PIKE. 
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
  ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 
  DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...AND UP TO ANOTHER ONE INCH OF RAIN IS 
  POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MURFREESBORO...SMYRNA AND WALTERHILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3601 8639 3597 8632 3585 8625 3580 8642
      3597 8649

$$

SHAMBURGER

285 
WGUS74 KOHX 240330
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

TNC149-240445-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150624T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUTHERFORD TN-
1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY...

AT 1027 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS AREAS IN AND AROUND MURFREESBORO. 
SEVERAL ROADWAYS ARE REPORTEDLY FLOODED WITH UP TO A FOOT OF WATER 
AND CLOSED INCLUDING OLD FORT PARKWAY...MIDDLE TENNESSEE 
BOULEVARD...AND GREENLAND DRIVE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3.5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 
INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MURFREESBORO...SMYRNA AND WALTERHILL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

&&

LAT...LON 3601 8639 3597 8632 3585 8625 3580 8642
      3597 8649

$$

SHAMBURGER

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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.