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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Nashville, TN

February 28, 20189 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 28, 2018, 6:28 PM CST for 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2018, 6:28 PM CST (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2018, 9:15 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bedford County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 00:00Z on 2018-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2018-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Feb 28, 6:13 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 6:13 PM CST, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 5:23 AM CST, 13 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
523 AM CST Wed Feb 28 2018

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Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Clay-Pickett-Houston-
Humphreys-Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-
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523 AM CST Wed Feb 28 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle
Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Heavy rains will return to Middle TN today, bringing another 2 to
6 inches to already saturated grounds by Thursday morning. The
best chance for the higher amounts will be areas south of I-40,
closer to the Alabama state line. This amount of rain will lead to
localized flash flooding and further rises on area rivers,
streams and creeks that area already running high.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Heavy rains will continue into Thursday morning, coming to an end
during the afternoon hours. Any river flooding that occurs may
last into next weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may become necessary for flooding.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 9:13 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Lawrence and 7 more12 hr
Feb 28, 9:17 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry, Wayne16 hr
Feb 28, 10:45 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury and 2 more6 hr
Feb 28, 10:52 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more6 hr
Mar 1, 1:29 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford12 hr
Mar 1, 4:42 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury and 2 more4 hr
Mar 1, 4:44 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith and 4 more4 hr
Mar 1, 4:47 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXCoffee16 hr
Mar 1, 4:49 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford3 hr
Mar 1, 5:20 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXMarshall11 hr
Mar 1, 7:03 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXGrundy14 hr
Mar 1, 7:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne3 hr
Mar 1, 7:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry3 hr
Mar 1, 7:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson3 hr
Mar 1, 7:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Warren6 hr
Mar 1, 8:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXBedford24 hr
Mar 1, 8:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXBedford, Marshall24 hr
Mar 1, 8:11 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, DeKalb, Putnam, Van Buren, White4 hr
Mar 1, 8:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXStewart24 hr
Mar 1, 10:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne3 hr
Mar 1, 10:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry3 hr
Mar 1, 10:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson3 hr
Mar 1, 1:19 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXPerry, Wayne47 hr
Mar 1, 1:49 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Williamson19 hr
Mar 1, 4:17 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningOHXMarshall38 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.