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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Nashville, TN

October 6, 2021Bedford County, Tennessee

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.

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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
Oct 6, 10:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODShelbyville, TNMADISON 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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 2021-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

FB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXRutherford41 min
Oct 6, 7:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, Fentress, Pickett3 hr
Oct 6, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman33 min
Oct 6, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress31 min
Oct 6, 7:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXPutnam, White3 hr
Oct 6, 7:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDeKalb, Warren, White3 hr
Oct 6, 7:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHumphreys, Perry3 hr
Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Rutherford3 hr
Oct 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Pickett26 min
Oct 6, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles5 hr
Oct 6, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee51 min
Oct 6, 8:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Maury, Williamson113 min
Oct 6, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys28 min
Oct 6, 8:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHumphreys4 hr
Oct 6, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White3 hr
Oct 6, 8:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry4 hr
Oct 6, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXPerry, Wayne4 hr
Oct 6, 9:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCoffee, Grundy, Warren3 hr
Oct 6, 10:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHouston, Humphreys, Montgomery3 hr
Oct 6, 10:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford3 hr
Oct 6, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCannon33 min
Oct 6, 11:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith, Wilson3 hr
Oct 7, 12:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson2 hr
Oct 7, 1:45 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford8 hr
Oct 7, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.