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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 7:31 AM CDT for Houston County, Humphreys County, Stewart 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
- Jul 28, 2016, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Tennessee Ridge, TN | MOBLEY LANE WAS FLOODED |
| Jul 28, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Erin, TN | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN ERIN INCLUDING MCMILLIAN STREET...FRONT STREET...AND MAPLE STREET. WATER HAS SINCE RECEDED. |
| Jul 28, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.3 | 1 Sw Tennessee Ridge, TN | COCORAHS STATION TENNESSEE RIDGE 1.4 SW MEASURED A 24 HR RAINFALL TOTAL OF 5.30 INCHES |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 639 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
883
WGUS54 KOHX 281231
FFWOHX
TNC083-085-161-281530-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0025.160728T1231Z-160728T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
731 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 730 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE AND CUMBERLAND CITY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 8793 3642 8780 3641 8764 3617 8780
3612 8792 3617 8792 3618 8793 3622 8794
$$
191 follow-up statement
719
WGUS74 KOHX 281333
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
833 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016
TNC083-085-161-281530-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160728T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART TN-HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
833 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STEWART...NORTHWESTERN HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN
HUMPHREYS COUNTIES...
AT 825 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ERIN...TENNESSEE RIDGE...STEWART...AND CUMBERLAND CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 8793 3642 8780 3641 8764 3617 8780
3612 8792 3617 8792 3618 8793 3622 8794
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 113 min |
| Jul 28, 12:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 118 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.