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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

March 29, 20184 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 29, 2018, 12:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2018, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2018, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2018-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 00:00Z on 2018-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

451 
WGUS54 KOHX 290520
FFWOHX
TNC081-101-135-181-291115-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0008.180329T0520Z-180329T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1220 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2018

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

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

* Until 615 AM CDT

* At 1220 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, Centerville, Linden, Clifton, Lobelville, Bon Aqua,
  Kimmins, Flatwoods, Primm Springs, Lyles, Mousetail Landing State
  Park, Pleasantville and Nunnelly.

This includes Interstate 840 near mile marker 5.
 
LAT...LON 3547 8802 3548 8799 3551 8798 3553 8798
      3562 8804 3568 8802 3598 8738 3596 8721
      3575 8723 3531 8801 3535 8801 3536 8802
      3539 8802 3539 8799 3540 8797 3541 8798
      3543 8803 3545 8804

$$

Rose

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury52 min
Mar 28, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford, Williamson46 min
Mar 28, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson23 min
Mar 28, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson32 min
Mar 28, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilson41 min
Mar 29, 2:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson6 hr
Mar 29, 10:11 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.