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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Nashville, TN

July 16, 2016Putnam County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2016, 2:10 PM CDT for Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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: Jul 16, 2016, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Putnam County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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
Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.57	2 Ne Cookeville, TN	COCORAHS STATION COOKEVILLE 2.3 NE MEASURED 2.57 INCHES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 891 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

722 
WGUS54 KOHX 161910
FFWOHX
TNC141-162115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0023.160716T1910Z-160716T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
210 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 209 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
  FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN
  COOKEVILLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COOKEVILLE AND ALGOOD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 8544 3625 8544 3625 8543 3624 8542
      3623 8538 3619 8530 3606 8536 3607 8546
      3608 8550 3608 8557 3622 8557 3622 8556
      3623 8555 3627 8547

$$

ROSE

1 follow-up statement

163 
WGUS74 KOHX 162021
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
321 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

TNC141-162115-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160716T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUTNAM TN-
321 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY...

AT 319 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE CITY
OF COOKEVILLE. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COOKEVILLE AND ALGOOD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 8544 3625 8544 3625 8543 3624 8542
      3623 8538 3619 8530 3606 8536 3607 8546
      3608 8550 3608 8557 3622 8557 3622 8556
      3623 8555 3627 8547

$$

MR3

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	42 min
Jul 15, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 15, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Wayne	52 min
Jul 16, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson	47 min
Jul 16, 12:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Cumberland	3 hr
Jul 16, 12:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 16, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	51 min
Jul 16, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall	24 min
Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury	117 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.