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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

April 17, 2017Dickson County, Hickman County, Williamson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2017, 4:34 PM CDT for Dickson County, Hickman County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2017, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2017-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

643 
WGUS54 KOHX 172134
FFWOHX
TNC043-081-187-172330-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0002.170417T2134Z-170417T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
434 PM CDT MON APR 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Dickson County in Middle Tennessee...
  Northwestern Williamson County in Middle Tennessee...
  Eastern Hickman County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 630 PM CDT

* At 434 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Dickson, Centerville, Burns, Fairview, Bon Aqua, Primm Springs and
  Lyles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3605 8733 3599 8709 3588 8714 3584 8718
      3585 8722 3576 8723 3572 8725 3572 8726
      3571 8725 3570 8730 3566 8732 3567 8757

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford37 min
Apr 17, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXVan Buren27 min
Apr 17, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson34 min
Apr 17, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb34 min
Apr 17, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb24 min
Apr 17, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman36 min
Apr 17, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDickson26 min
Apr 17, 3:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman2 hr
Apr 17, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCumberland18 min
Apr 17, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson89 min
Apr 17, 6:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXRutherford54 min
Apr 17, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon31 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.