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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Lewis County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2019, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 626 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019 .UPDATE... FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... We're in a bit of a lull here waiting for more widespread convection to begin. A couple of storms are on the Cumberland Plateau at forecast time, but these should move off the Plateau in less than an hour and our focus will then shift to our northwest counties. A few storms have popped up in Montgomery and Robertson counties, but I think the main development is still behind these storms, as the front is back in the Paducah area. It still looks like all of the necessary ingredients are in place for damaging wind gusts with storms that develop this afternoon and evening. Surface based CAPE values in excess of 5000 J/Kg are blanketing areas west of I-65, downdraft CAPEs are around 1200 J/Kg, mid-level lapse rates are good (~7.0 degrees/Km) and bulk shear values of 25-30 kts are being seen, too. Not off the chart, but with the instability values in place, it's not going to require a whole lot of shear to help organize at least a couple of updrafts long enough to warrant several warnings late this afternoon and evening. PW values are also off the charts, obviously. This morning's OHX sounding was showing just over 2.0 inches and latest LAPS sounding have increased those numbers to 2.16 inches in the Metro area. Storm motions are just high enough so I'm not overly concerned about rainfall, but these storms will be efficient rainmakers, so some localized flooding isn't out of the question in areas that typically see poor drainage. You know who you are. Most of the storm activity will push south of I-40 for the evening hours and should be falling apart prior to the midnight hour and once it ends, that's going to be it in the rain department for several days. Temperatures will fall back towards normals for this time of the year and drier air will help those 90-ish afternoon temperatures feel more bearable. The dry air will also make a couple of evening feel much cooler, too. As we get into the last half of the workweek and into Saturday, the upper level pattern should shift and become more southwesterly. This will help temperatures rebound back into the mid-90s once again for the weekend. Dew points will also be on the rise and Sunday night, precipitation returns to the forecast. The first half of next week could be wet, but at least we should be dry most of this weekend. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF DISCUSSION. Most of the showers and thunderstorms have moved off to the south and east, but a few will impact KMQY and KCSV for the next hour or so. Otherwise, chances for fog will move in tonight, especially for KCSV where IFR fog or even LIFR fog will be possible. By mid morning, expect VFR conditions with northwesterly winds around 10 knots gusting to 15 knots or so during the day Wednesday. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Bedford-Cannon- Cheatham-Clay-Coffee-Davidson-De Kalb-Dickson-Giles-Hickman- Houston-Humphreys-Jackson-Lawrence-Lewis-Macon-Marshall-Maury- Montgomery-Perry-Putnam-Robertson-Rutherford-Smith-Stewart- Sumner-Trousdale-Wayne-Williamson-Wilson. && DISCUSSION......Unger AVIATION........Barnwell
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:01 AM CDT, 14 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Nashville TN 501 AM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141000- Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Clay-Pickett-Houston- Humphreys-Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith- Jackson-Putnam-Overton-Fentress-Perry-Hickman-Lewis-Williamson- Maury-Marshall-Rutherford-Cannon-De Kalb-White-Cumberland-Bedford- Coffee-Warren-Grundy-Van Buren-Wayne-Lawrence-Giles- 501 AM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Heat Advisory is in effect west of the Cumberland Plateau today. A dangerous combination of heat and humidity is expected this afternoon with heat index values reaching 105 to 109 degrees. Heat safety precautions are advised for any outdoor activities. Scattered to numerous strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop across southern Kentucky this afternoon, then spread southeastward across all of Middle Tennessee from late afternoon into the evening. Damaging winds are the main threat with these storms, with heavy rainfall and localized flooding also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is requested for this afternoon and evening. Shamburger
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
653 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 E ETHRIDGE 35.33N 87.18W
08/13/2019 GILES TN SOCIAL MEDIA
TSPOTTER REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON RHEA BRANCH RD. IN
CAMPBELLSVILLE.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME...FATALITIES...INJURIES
EVENT NUMBER OHX1900507
CMLocal storm report, Aug 13, 6:59 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
659 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0411 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW SMYRNA 35.93N 86.56W
08/13/2019 RUTHERFORD TN SOCIAL MEDIA
TREE DOWN NEAR STEWART'S CREEK SCHOOL. ROCKY FORK RD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1900508
CMLocal storm report, Aug 13, 7:01 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
701 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 W SHELBYVILLE 35.47N 86.61W
08/13/2019 BEDFORD TN SOCIAL MEDIA
TREES REPORTED DOWN OVER CAMP ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1900509
CMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Perry and 1 more | 118 min |
| Aug 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.