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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Nashville, TN

July 19, 2021Giles County, Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 19, 2021, 2:04 AM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 20, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2021, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 20, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 19, 2021, 2:38 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity
None

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2021-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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 2021-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

861 
WGUS64 KOHX 190704
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Nashville TN
204 AM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

TNZ093>095-191515-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.A.0004.210720T0800Z-210720T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne-Lawrence-Giles-
Including the cities of Pulaski, Clifton, Lawrenceburg, and 
Waynesboro
204 AM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for a portion of Middle Tennessee, including the 
  following areas, Giles, Lawrence and Wayne.

* From late tonight through Tuesday afternoon.

* Up to 3 to 5 inches of rainfall has fallen across the watch area. 
  One half to one inch of additional rainfall is possible through 
  this afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action 
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
984 
WGUS64 KOHX 190738
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Nashville TN
238 AM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

TNZ093>095-191545-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.A.0004.210720T0800Z-210720T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.A.0005.210719T0800Z-210719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wayne-Lawrence-Giles-
Including the cities of Clifton, Waynesboro, Lawrenceburg, 
and Pulaski
238 AM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS
CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for a portion of Middle Tennessee, including 
  the following areas, Giles, Lawrence, and Wayne. 

* Through this afternoon

* Up to 3 to 5 inches of rainfall has fallen across the watch
  area. One half to one inch of additional rainfall is possible
  through this afternoon.  

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXFentress116 min
Jul 18, 7:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne3 hr
Jul 18, 8:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne11 hr
Jul 18, 8:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam2 hr
Jul 19, 12:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne7 hr
Jul 19, 2:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.