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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

July 28, 2017Hickman County, Lewis County, Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2017, 6:07 AM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis County, Perry 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, 2017, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Perry County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 W Linden, TN	APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF WATER OVER PART OF HWY 412 WEST OF LINDEN.
Jul 28, 8:17 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	N Linden, TN	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS WATER RESCUES GOING ON AROUND HWY 412W...SHORT CREEK AND PINEVIEW AREAS WITH PERSONS TRAPPED IN VEHICLES.
Jul 28, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Linden, TN	SHORT CREEK ROAD WASHED OUT

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

760 
WGUS54 KOHX 281107
FFWOHX
TNC081-101-135-281400-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0021.170728T1107Z-170728T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
607 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lewis County in Middle Tennessee...
  Perry County in Middle Tennessee...
  Southwestern Hickman County in Middle Tennessee...

* Until 900 AM CDT

* At 606 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...
  Hohenwald, Linden, Lobelville, Gordonsburg, Kimmins, Mousetail
  Landing State Park and Pleasantville.

LAT...LON 3566 8802 3568 8802 3569 8803 3572 8804
      3577 8799 3581 8797 3582 8796 3563 8736
      3546 8738 3552 8797 3555 8800 3562 8804

$$

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1 follow-up statement

364 
WGUS74 KOHX 281326
FFSOHX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
826 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

TNC081-101-135-281400-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170728T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lewis TN-Perry TN-Hickman TN-
826 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
LEWIS...PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...

At 822 AM CDT, Doppler radar and ground reports indicated over 5 
inches of rainfall in parts of the area from Hohenwald to Linden. 
The rain was tapering off as of 815 AM CDT, but flooding was 
continuing in the area, including water rescues in Linden. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hohenwald, Linden, Lobelville, Gordonsburg, Kimmins, Mousetail
Landing State Park and Pleasantville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3566 8802 3568 8802 3569 8803 3572 8804
      3577 8799 3581 8797 3582 8796 3563 8736
      3546 8738 3552 8797 3555 8800 3562 8804

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 5:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	2 hr
Jul 28, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	2 hr
Jul 28, 8:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Marshall	3 hr
Jul 28, 8:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	89 min
Jul 28, 2:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry and 1 more	5 hr
Jul 28, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles	37 min
Jul 28, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Marshall, Maury	43 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:29 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	16 hr
Jul 28, 4:29 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	32 hr
Jul 28, 5:10 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.