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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN

June 27, 2016Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 1:03 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Macon County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 27, 2016, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 1:08 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD10 Wnw Celina, TNFLOODING OCCURRING AT STATE HIGHWAY 52 AND MOSS ESTATES.
Jun 27, 1:11 PM CDTFLASH FLOODRed Boiling Springs, TNA FEW ROADS CLOSED IN RED BOILING SPRINGS INCLUDING HILLCREST DR. AND BENNETT HILL RD.
Jun 27, 2:04 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Sse Red Boiling Sprin, TNONE PERSON WAS EVACUATED FROM THEIR RESIDENCE ON HIGH STREET DUE TO RISING WATER
Jun 27, 2:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD11 Wnw Celina, TNLOTS OF FLOODING FROM MOSS TO THE CLAY AND MACON COUNTY LINE

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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 796 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

023 
WGUS54 KOHX 271803
FFWOHX
TNC027-087-111-272100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0016.160627T1803Z-160627T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
103 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 102 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CELINA...RED BOILING SPRINGS...BOLES...BUGTUSSLE AND MOSS. 

LAT...LON 3661 8547 3647 8556 3648 8588 3663 8591

$$

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1 follow-up statement
739 
WGUS74 KOHX 271927
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
227 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

TNC027-087-111-272100-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160627T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY TN-MACON TN-JACKSON TN-
227 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN MACON AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED IMPACTS FROM FLASH
FLOODING IN RED BOILING SPRINGS AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CELINA...RED BOILING SPRINGS...BOLES...BUGTUSSLE... MOSS...
SALT LICK CREEK... LINE CREEK... AND TRACE CREEK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 8547 3647 8556 3648 8588 3663 8591

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner46 min
Jun 26, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner, Wilson33 min
Jun 26, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner42 min
Jun 26, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb43 min
Jun 26, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb45 min
Jun 27, 1:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXPutnam, White3 hr
Jun 27, 11:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Stewart45 min
Jun 27, 1:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Perry3 hr
Jun 27, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland30 min
Jun 27, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland49 min
Jun 27, 3:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.