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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2021, 10:24 PM CDT for Bedford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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
- Oct 6, 2021, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bedford County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Shelbyville, TN | MADISON STREET NEAR FIRST BANK AND LANE PARKWAY NEAR POLICE HQ FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE |
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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
867
WGUS54 KOHX 070324
FFWOHX
TNC003-070630-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0075.211007T0324Z-211007T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1024 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Bedford County in middle Tennessee...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 1024 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 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...
Shelbyville, Wartrace and Deason.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8659 3564 8646 3565 8642 3564 8641
3563 8642 3562 8640 3552 8633 3546 8633
3535 8640 3535 8641 3532 8642 3533 8646
3534 8647 3534 8648 3536 8649 3536 8651
3535 8653 3536 8654 3537 8658
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
FBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Pickett | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Putnam, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Warren, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 5 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 51 min |
| Oct 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Williamson | 113 min |
| Oct 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Humphreys, Perry | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 11:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford | 8 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Perry | 20 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.