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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT for Rutherford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 117 min. 2 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Rutherford County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Walterhill, TN | MINOR FLOODING REPORTED AT MEMORIAL DRIVE AT THOMPSON ROAD |
| Aug 4, 7:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Walterhill, TN | FLOODING REPORTED AT LEANNA ROAD AT JAMESTOWN DRIVE |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1623 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
710 WGUS54 KOHX 050018 FFWOHX TNC149-050215- /O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0030.160805T0018Z-160805T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 718 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 717 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MURFREESBORO...SMYRNA...WALTERHILL AND LASCASSAS. 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 3601 8645 3591 8623 3582 8631 3594 8651 $$ SHAMBURGER
2 follow-up statements
494 WGUS74 KOHX 050051 FFSOHX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 751 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 TNC149-050215- /O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160805T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUTHERFORD TN- 751 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY... AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MURFREESBORO...SMYRNA...WALTERHILL AND LASCASSAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3601 8645 3591 8623 3582 8631 3594 8651 $$ SHAMBURGER
267 WGUS74 KOHX 050201 FFSOHX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 901 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 TNC149-050211- /O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160805T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUTHERFORD TN- 901 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES AND AVOID ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3601 8645 3591 8623 3582 8631 3594 8651 $$ SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 3:34 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Robertson | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 31 min |
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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.