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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

February 15, 2025Macon County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2025, 11:25 PM CST for Macon County, Sumner County, Trousdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2025, 11:25 PM CST (05:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2025, 3:32 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Macon County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 590 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 660 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

664 
WGUS54 KOHX 160525
FFWOHX
TNC111-165-169-161000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0013.250216T0525Z-250216T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1125 PM CST Sat Feb 15 2025

The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Macon County in middle Tennessee...
  East Central Sumner County in middle Tennessee...
  Trousdale County in middle Tennessee...

* Until 400 AM CST.

* At 1125 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen earlier today. 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...
  Lafayette, Hartsville, Westmoreland and Red Boiling Springs.

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 3645 8628 3664 8621 3662 8579 3661 8580
      3641 8583 3642 8597 3640 8598 3637 8607
      3636 8628

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Barnwell

1 follow-up statement

898 
WGUS74 KOHX 160932
FFSOHX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
332 AM CST Sun Feb 16 2025

TNC111-165-169-160942-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250216T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Macon TN-Sumner TN-Trousdale TN-
332 AM CST Sun Feb 16 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MACON, EAST CENTRAL SUMNER AND TROUSDALE 
COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD ADVISORY...

&&

LAT...LON 3645 8628 3664 8621 3662 8579 3661 8580
      3641 8583 3642 8597 3640 8598 3637 8607
      3636 8628

$$

Cravens

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	30 min
Feb 15, 7:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	52 min
Feb 15, 8:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	43 min
Feb 15, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	41 min
Feb 15, 8:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	51 min
Feb 15, 9:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery	31 min
Feb 15, 9:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cheatham, Robertson	47 min
Feb 15, 10:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	26 min
Feb 15, 10:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	5 hr
Feb 15, 11:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	45 min
Feb 15, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	32 min
Feb 16, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall	40 min
Feb 16, 12:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	36 min
Feb 16, 12:44 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Jackson, Rutherford and 4 more	6 hr
Feb 16, 1:01 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	3 days
Feb 16, 1:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	11 hr
Feb 16, 1:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	38 min
Feb 16, 1:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Van Buren, Warren, White	33 min
Feb 16, 1:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	29 hr
Feb 16, 1:18 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	3 days
Feb 16, 1:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Van Buren, White	17 min
Feb 16, 1:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	10 hr
Feb 16, 1:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland	32 min
Feb 16, 2:42 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	4 hr
Feb 16, 3:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson	3 hr
Feb 16, 3:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	3 hr
Feb 16, 4:11 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	19 hr
Feb 16, 4:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	7 hr
Feb 16, 6:14 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Humphreys	53 hr
Feb 16, 6:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	8 hr
Feb 16, 6:51 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	23 hr
Feb 16, 6:57 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham	8 hr
Feb 16, 8:11 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	51 hr
Feb 16, 9:28 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham	30 hr
Feb 16, 1:34 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OHX	Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Fentress, Hickman and 15 more	24 hr
Feb 16, 2:18 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	42 hr
Feb 16, 2:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham	8 hr
Feb 16, 3:14 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	7 hr
Feb 16, 3:20 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	12 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.