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Flash Flood Warning 111, NWS Nashville, TN

August 31, 2003Fentress County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT for Fentress County, Tennessee. It was in force for 114 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 31, 2003, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fentress County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1395 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 312053
FFWBNA
TNC049-312245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
351 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 345 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN FENTRESS COUNTY
  MAINLY ALONG HIGHWAY 127. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS STREETS IN JAMESTOWN
  ARE BECOMING CLOGGED WITH WATER.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 545 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3658 8481 3627 8478 3627 8514 3653 8508

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 7:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilson2 hr
Aug 30, 7:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFentress2 hr
Aug 30, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman105 min
Aug 30, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford90 min

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.