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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2026, 8:22 PM CDT for Smith County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 8, 2026, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2026, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Smith County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
745
WGUS54 KOHX 090122
FFWOHX
TNC159-189-090415-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0013.260709T0122Z-260709T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Nashville TN
822 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2026
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Smith County in middle Tennessee...
Central Wilson County in middle Tennessee...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 822 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 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...
Lebanon, Watertown, Tuckers Crossroads and Gladeville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3630 8614 3629 8613 3630 8612 3629 8605
3609 8603 3609 8642 3631 8638 3630 8626
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
ReaganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 13 min |
| Jul 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Perry | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Marshall | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 6:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 90 min |
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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.