Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2003, 1:17 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2003, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cumberland County, TN
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KOHX 111818 FFWBNA TNC035-112015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 117 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 115 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CROSSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE IN... EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AT 145 PM CDT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3598 8512 3585 8496 3645 8406 3670 8438 $$ 07
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KOHX 112108 FFSBNA TNC035-112130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 407 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE EARLIER STORMS...WHICH BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING TO CUMBERLAND COUNTY...HAVE NOW DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 37 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.