Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 23, 2015, 9:15 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2015, 9:15 PM CST (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:21 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Nnw Lawrenceburg, TN | 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER ROAD ON STATE ROUTE 242... 2 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 240. |
| Dec 23, 10:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Columbia, TN | *** 3 FATAL *** A CAR WAS FOUND IN CARTERS CREEK JUST OFF OF CARTERS CREEK PIKE... NEAR THE DARKS MILL ROAD INTERSECTION JUST NORTH OF COLUMBIA. 3 FATALITIES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 598 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 698 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614
WGUS54 KOHX 240315
FFWOHX
TNC099-101-119-181-240615-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0020.151224T0315Z-151224T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST
* AT 913 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS AND REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...HOHENWALD...WAYNESBORO...SPRING HILL...MOUNT PLEASANT...
COLLINWOOD...SUMMERTOWN...ETHRIDGE...WESTPOINT...I-65 EAST OF
COLUMBIA...HENRYVILLE...LUTTS...SANTA FE...HAMPSHIRE...CYPRESS
INN...WILLIAMSPORT AND GORDONSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS DANGEROUS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR CAN
BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8799 3529 8798 3530 8802 3531 8801
3566 8736 3566 8732 3568 8731 3570 8726
3571 8725 3580 8709 3570 8681 3545 8712
3544 8716 3543 8721 3538 8722 3500 8770
$$
051 follow-up statement
815
WGUS74 KOHX 240517
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1117 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
TNC099-101-119-181-240524-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151224T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAURY TN-WAYNE TN-LEWIS TN-LAWRENCE TN-
1117 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAURY...WAYNE...LEWIS AND NORTHERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS ENDED...AND ANY
PREVIOUSLY FLOODED ROADWAYS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE. NO ADDITIONAL
RAINS ARE EXPECTED SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3501 8799 3529 8798 3530 8802 3531 8801
3566 8736 3566 8732 3568 8731 3570 8726
3571 8725 3580 8709 3570 8681 3545 8712
3544 8716 3543 8721 3538 8722 3500 8770
$$
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Houston, Humphreys | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Humphreys | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Williamson | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 7:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 7:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson | 21 min |
| Dec 23, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 11 min |
| Dec 23, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 8:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 17 min |
| Dec 23, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 9:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 10:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 10:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 10:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Overton, Putnam, White | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 32 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.