Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 14, 2003, 7:40 PM CST for 15 counties in 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 14, 2003, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2003, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 575 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 562 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 150148
FFWBNA
TNC003-031-051-055-061-099-101-103-117-119-127-135-175-177-181-
150545-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
740 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING TENNESSEE COUNTIES...
BEDFORD
COFFEE
FRANKLIN
GILES
GRUNDY
LAWRENCE
LEWIS
LINCOLN
MARSHALL
MAURY
MOORE
PERRY
VAN BUREN
WARREN
WAYNE
* UNTIL 1145 PM CST
* AT 733 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL
TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED THREE INCHES AT SOME LOCATIONS. EMERGENCY
MANAGERS REPORT ROAD CLOSURES IN SEVERAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.
* AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND
WILL PROLONG THE FLOODING. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
ENOUGH RUNOFF TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.
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 3581 8795 3506 8797 3501 8589 3532 8590
3538 8558 3557 8568 3578 8531 3581 8584
3566 8598 3557 8626 3575 8710 3562 8733
3560 8757 3561 8776
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 6:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne | 3 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.