Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2017, 6:39 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Jul 15, 2017, 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2017, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeKalb County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Smith County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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 15, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Lebanon, TN | WATER WAS ENCROACHING ON HOUSE AT CARTHAGE HWY AT BIG SPRINGS ROAD EAST OF LEBANON. |
| Jul 15, 8:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Gordonsville, TN | WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAY IN CLUB SPRINGS IN SMITH COUNTY |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
190
WGUS54 KOHX 151139
FFWOHX
TNC041-141-159-185-189-151445-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0019.170715T1139Z-170715T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
639 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Smith County in Middle Tennessee...
Northern De Kalb County in Middle Tennessee...
Northeastern Wilson County in Middle Tennessee...
Northern White County in Middle Tennessee...
Southwestern Putnam County in Middle Tennessee...
* Until 945 AM CDT
* At 639 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cookeville, Lebanon, Sparta, Smithville, Watertown, Baxter,
Gordonsville, Hickman, South Carthage, Alexandria, Dowelltown,
Liberty, Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers Crossroads, Tuckers
Crossroads, Burgess Falls State Park, Center Hill Lake and Edgar
Evans State Park.
LAT...LON 3630 8627 3630 8625 3608 8528 3590 8534
3601 8593 3601 8601 3609 8606 3607 8606
3607 8605 3606 8606 3615 8634 3631 8628
$$
212 follow-up statements
668
WGUS74 KOHX 151254
FFSOHX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
754 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017
TNC041-141-159-185-189-151445-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170715T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Smith TN-De Kalb TN-Wilson TN-White TN-Putnam TN-
754 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN SMITH...NORTHERN DE KALB...NORTHEASTERN WILSON...NORTHERN
WHITE AND SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
At 753 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated scattered heavy rain showers
continuing across the warned area.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cookeville, Lebanon, Sparta, Smithville, Watertown, Baxter,
Gordonsville, Hickman, South Carthage, Alexandria, Dowelltown,
Liberty, Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers Crossroads, Tuckers Crossroads,
Burgess Falls State Park, Center Hill Lake and Edgar Evans State
Park.
LAT...LON 3630 8627 3630 8625 3608 8528 3590 8534
3601 8593 3601 8601 3609 8606 3607 8606
3607 8605 3606 8606 3615 8634 3631 8628
$$
21350
WGUS74 KOHX 151331
FFSOHX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
831 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017
TNC041-141-159-185-189-151445-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170715T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Smith TN-De Kalb TN-Wilson TN-White TN-Putnam TN-
831 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN SMITH...NORTHERN DE KALB...NORTHEASTERN WILSON...NORTHERN
WHITE AND SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
At 828 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated 2.5-3 inches of rain had
fallen across the warned area. Flash flooding has been reported by
emergency management. An addition 0.5-1 inch is possible in parts of
the warned area in the next hour.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cookeville, Lebanon, Sparta, Smithville, Watertown, Baxter,
Gordonsville, Hickman, South Carthage, Alexandria, Dowelltown,
Liberty, Hamptons Crossroads, Bakers Crossroads, Tuckers Crossroads,
Burgess Falls State Park, Center Hill Lake and Edgar Evans State
Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 8627 3630 8625 3608 8528 3590 8534
3601 8593 3601 8601 3609 8606 3607 8606
3607 8605 3606 8606 3615 8634 3631 8628
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 118 min |
| Jul 15, 8:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery | 113 min |
| Jul 15, 10:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 2 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.