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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Nashville, TN

May 17, 2003Giles County, Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2003, 7:03 PM CDT for Giles County, Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 117 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
May 17, 2003, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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 180010
FFWBNA
TNC055-099-103-180200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
703 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULASKI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL
  MOVING INTO LAWRENCE...GILES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN EXCESS
  OF 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES AND WITH 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...FLASH
  FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR. FLOODING OF STREETS AND 
  LOW LYING AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL MOVE...
  ACROSS LAWRENCE...GILES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THROUGH 9 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 3474 8762 3456 8628 3524 8641 3542 8752

$$
BOYD

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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.