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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Nashville, TN

June 24, 2015Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2015, 12:28 AM CDT for Rutherford County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
Jun 24, 2015, 12:28 AM CDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2015, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Rutherford County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 12:32 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ne Franklin, TNMULTIPLE SWIFT WATER RESCUES FOR PEOPLE CAUGHT IN VEHICLES IN COOL SPRINGS
Jun 24, 12:56 AM CDTFLASH FLOODBrentwood, TNROAD CLOSED... MOORES LANE AT MALLORY LANE DUE TO HIGH WATER
Jun 24, 1:04 AM CDTFLASH FLOODFranklin, TNSEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND FRANKLIN

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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3137 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

026 
WGUS54 KOHX 240528
FFWOHX
TNC149-187-240830-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0003.150624T0528Z-150624T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1228 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
    
* AT 1227 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH 
  FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FRANKLIN...SMYRNA...BRENTWOOD...LA VERGNE...SPRING HILL...
  FAIRVIEW...NOLENSVILLE...FOREST HILLS...OAK HILL...THOMPSON'S
  STATION...EAGLEVILLE...TRIUNE...LEIPERS FORK...NATCHEZ TRACE AT
  HIGHWAY 96...THOMPSONS STATION AND ROCKVALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8679 3598 8667 3595 8655 3574 8653
      3570 8657 3571 8669 3570 8676 3571 8677
      3570 8677 3576 8693 3578 8693 3578 8700
      3585 8721 3594 8720 3597 8721 3598 8719
      3605 8718 3604 8706 3599 8704 3605 8693

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford23 min
Jun 23, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford32 min
Jun 23, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXTrousdale25 min
Jun 23, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury36 min
Jun 23, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale14 min
Jun 23, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford29 min
Jun 23, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXTrousdale24 min
Jun 23, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb32 min
Jun 23, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson25 min
Jun 23, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys22 min
Jun 23, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford43 min
Jun 23, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb, White25 min
Jun 23, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, White33 min
Jun 23, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon24 min
Jun 23, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson24 min
Jun 23, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry31 min
Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford43 min
Jun 23, 9:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRutherford116 min
Jun 23, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry25 min
Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury35 min
Jun 23, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White27 min
Jun 23, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGrundy34 min
Jun 23, 9:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDeKalb, White113 min
Jun 23, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry46 min
Jun 23, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson42 min
Jun 23, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford112 min
Jun 23, 9:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHumphreys, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Jun 23, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford40 min
Jun 23, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWayne47 min
Jun 23, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence40 min
Jun 23, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford35 min
Jun 23, 11:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson116 min
Jun 23, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Marshall55 min
Jun 23, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford19 min
Jun 24, 12:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Williamson3 hr
Jun 24, 12:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Marshall, Maury3 hr
Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWarren45 min
Jun 24, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXGrundy49 min

Nearby

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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.