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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2016, 12:56 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2016, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 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
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
712
WGUS54 KOHX 291756
FFWOHX
TNC027-087-292100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0028.160729T1756Z-160729T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1256 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 1256 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TODAY. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CELINA...GAINESBORO...WHITLEYVILLE AND MOSS.
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 3635 8550 3628 8584 3629 8585
3633 8584 3634 8583 3641 8583 3661 8580
3662 8579
$$
SHAMBURGER2 follow-up statements
390
WGUS74 KOHX 291956
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
TNC027-087-292100-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160729T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY TN-JACKSON TN-
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 255 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN JACKSON AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES
TODAY. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE WATERS RECEDE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CELINA...GAINESBORO...WHITLEYVILLE AND MOSS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3661 8547 3635 8550 3628 8584 3629 8585
3633 8584 3634 8583 3641 8583 3661 8580
3662 8579
$$
SHAMBURGER902
WGUS74 KOHX 292049
FFSOHX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
349 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
TNC027-087-292058-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160729T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY TN-JACKSON TN-
349 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...A FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CONTINUED FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
LAT...LON 3661 8547 3635 8550 3628 8584 3629 8585
3633 8584 3634 8583 3641 8583 3661 8580
3662 8579
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 118 min |
| Jul 29, 3:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Putnam | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.