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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Nashville, TN

July 25, 2021Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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 25, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 5:52 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ese Donelson, TNPHOTO EVIDENCE OF FLASH FLOODING FROM TWITTER

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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 3 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 2021-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 961 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 2021-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

878 
WGUS54 KOHX 252215
FFWOHX
TNC037-260015-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0041.210725T2215Z-210726T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
515 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Davidson County in middle Tennessee...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 515 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Antioch and Percy Priest Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3616 8663 3618 8660 3617 8658 3611 8655
      3603 8666 3608 8671 3610 8669 3614 8667

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Whitehead

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 12:41 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryOHXDickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and 4 more6 hr
Jul 25, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRobertson31 min
Jul 25, 4:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson2 hr
Jul 25, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXMontgomery2 hr
Jul 25, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery116 min

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.