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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Nashville, TN

May 7, 200331 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2003, 10:50 AM CDT for 31 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 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: May 7, 2003, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

All 31 counties

Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 071555
FFWBNA
TNC003-015-021-027-031-035-037-041-049-051-055-061-087-103-111-117-
119-127-133-137-141-147-149-159-165-169-175-177-185-187-189-072100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1050 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING TENNESSEE COUNTIES...
  BEDFORD 
  CANNON 
  CHEATHAM 
  CLAY 
  COFFEE 
  CUMBERLAND 
  DAVIDSON 
  DE KALB 
  FENTRESS 
  FRANKLIN 
  GILES 
  GRUNDY 
  JACKSON 
  LINCOLN 
  MACON 
  MARSHALL 
  MAURY 
  MOORE 
  OVERTON 
  PICKETT 
  PUTNAM 
  ROBERTSON 
  RUTHERFORD 
  SMITH 
  SUMNER 
  TROUSDALE 
  VAN BUREN 
  WARREN 
  WHITE 
  WILLIAMSON 
  WILSON

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1050 AM CDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER
  MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE   
  65. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER MOST OF
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
  ARE POSSIBLE. THIS REPLACES ALL PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR     
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE. 

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 3591 8718 3505 8711 3502 8587 3583 8524
          3580 8487 3602 8456 3617 8482 3638 8462
          3665 8478 3667 8573 3668 8706

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Franklin, Lincoln	29 min
May 6, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall	33 min
May 6, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Franklin, Moore	46 min
May 6, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	39 min
May 6, 11:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 7 more	3 hr
May 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	31 min
May 7, 12:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
May 7, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy, Warren	32 min
May 7, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	41 min
May 7, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	39 min
May 7, 12:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson	3 hr
May 7, 12:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Van Buren, Warren, White and 1 more	3 hr
May 7, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	33 min
May 7, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman	3 hr
May 7, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	48 min
May 7, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Sumner	50 min
May 7, 1:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	3 hr
May 7, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	31 min
May 7, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Wilson	54 min
May 7, 1:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Macon, Smith, Trousdale	3 hr
May 7, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Williamson	42 min
May 7, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Sumner	43 min
May 7, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	47 min
May 7, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford, Williamson	43 min
May 7, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Putnam, Smith and 1 more	57 min
May 7, 3:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence and 8 more	3 hr
May 7, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett	55 min
May 7, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White	53 min
May 7, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee, Grundy	48 min
May 7, 5:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland, Davidson and 22 more	6 hr
May 7, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	33 min
May 7, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Maury	42 min
May 7, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	50 min
May 7, 6:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman and 8 more	6 hr
May 7, 6:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Warren	6 hr
May 7, 6:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford, Rutherford	43 min
May 7, 6:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Williamson	32 min
May 7, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman	44 min
May 7, 7:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Wilson	25 min
May 7, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	48 min
May 7, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	45 min
May 7, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	42 min
May 7, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson	38 min
May 7, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	48 min
May 7, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb, White	43 min
May 7, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Coffee	30 min
May 7, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford	42 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.