Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Wayne 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:07 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrenceburg, TN | SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING INCLUDING LUNSFORD ROAD...LITTRELL ROAD...RAMAH ROAD AT LAMBS FERRY ROAD...UNION HILL ROAD...RICHARDSON ROAD...BLOOMING GROVE ROAD...AND MT ARRAT ROAD. |
| Mar 31, 9:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Elkton, TN | HIGH WATER RESCUE ALONG ELKTON PIKE AND HWY 31 |
| Mar 31, 9:56 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Minor Hill, TN | GLENN HAVEN LANE AND JACKSON HOLLOW ROAD FLOODED IN MINOR HILL |
| Mar 31, 10:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne Elkton, TN | I-65 NORTHBOUND CLOSED AT MM 8 DUE TO FLOODING |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
719
WGUS54 KOHX 010128
FFWOHX
TNC055-099-181-010430-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0002.160401T0128Z-160401T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
828 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 827 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE OF INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI...LORETTO...COLLINWOOD...ARDMORE...ST. JOSEPH...
ELKTON...MINOR HILL...ETHRIDGE...LYNNVILLE...GOODSPRING...WESTPOINT...
FRANKEWING...LUTTS...IRON CITY...LEOMA...PROSPECT AND CYPRESS INN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8799 3521 8796 3538 8743 3541 8695
3534 8690 3532 8691 3531 8687 3526 8683
3499 8685
$$
071 follow-up statement
345
WGUS74 KOHX 010403
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1103 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC055-099-181-010430-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160401T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GILES TN-WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-
1103 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
GILES...SOUTHERN WAYNE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 1059 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN EARLIER IN THE
EVENING...AND WATER LEVELS REMAINED HIGH IN SOME AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI...LORETTO...COLLINWOOD...ARDMORE...ST. JOSEPH...
ELKTON...MINOR HILL...ETHRIDGE...LYNNVILLE...GOODSPRING...WESTPOINT...
FRANKEWING...LUTTS...IRON CITY...LEOMA...PROSPECT AND CYPRESS INN.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1130 PM. CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING...BUT PEOPLE ALONG SMALL
STEAMS SHOULD BE ALERT...AND DRIVERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AT LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8799 3521 8796 3538 8743 3541 8695
3534 8690 3532 8691 3531 8687 3526 8683
3499 8685
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Jackson, Putnam | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson, Wilson | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 11:48 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:00 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Grundy | 7 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.