Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 10:22 PM CST for Cheatham County, Dickson County, Hickman 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 10:22 PM CST (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 1:15 AM CST
- 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
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:17 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se Dickson, TN | PINEY RIVER IS SWOLEN CAUSING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER TO RUN ACROSS TN HWY 46 IN SEVERAL SPOTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. |
| Feb 2, 11:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Burns, TN | NUMEROUS ROADS WERE FLOODED WITH UP TO 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER ACROSS SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY INCLUDING EAST PINEY ROAD...HOGAN ROAD...TURKEY CREEK ROAD...AND GUM BRANCH ROAD. SEVERAL WATER RESCUES WERE CONDUCTED INCLUDING 4 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM A HOUSE ON GUM BRA |
| Feb 2, 11:55 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Ashland City, TN | WAREHOUSE FLOODED AND THE MCDONALDS IS FLOODED...CARS STUCK |
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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 645 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
932
WGUS54 KOHX 030422
FFWOHX
TNC021-043-081-030715-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0001.160203T0422Z-160203T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1022 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 1021 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...WHITE BLUFF...KINGSTON SPRINGS...PEGRAM...
BURNS...CHARLOTTE...NUNNELLY...LYLES...PINEWOOD...BON AQUA AND
CHEATHAM DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3596 8755 3597 8753 3602 8752 3613 8745
3632 8723 3633 8693 3629 8694 3623 8698
3614 8699 3609 8704 3604 8704 3605 8705
3605 8718 3599 8719 3597 8721 3594 8720
3584 8722 3585 8762
$$
271 follow-up statement
578
WGUS74 KOHX 030520
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1120 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
TNC021-043-081-030715-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEATHAM TN-DICKSON TN-HICKMAN TN-
1120 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR
CHEATHAM...DICKSON AND NORTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...
AT 1116 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS
IN SOUTHERN DICKSON AND NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTIES. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SOME FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING IN DICKSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ON TN HWY 46 NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER IS BEING SEEN ON HWY 46 NEAR
THE PINEY RIVER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...WHITE BLUFF...KINGSTON SPRINGS...PEGRAM...
BURNS...CHARLOTTE...NUNNELLY...LYLES...PINEWOOD...BON AQUA AND
CHEATHAM DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3596 8755 3597 8753 3602 8752 3613 8745
3632 8723 3633 8693 3629 8694 3623 8698
3614 8699 3609 8704 3604 8704 3605 8705
3605 8718 3599 8719 3597 8721 3594 8720
3584 8722 3585 8762
$$
27The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 6:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Feb 2, 7:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Stewart | 118 min |
| Feb 2, 8:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 9:50 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 115 min |
| Feb 3, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon | 22 min |
| Feb 3, 1:50 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:50 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham | 10 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:50 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:05 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence | 13 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:15 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:54 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:31 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 16 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 56 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:58 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman | 19 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 17 hr |
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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.