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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

February 15, 2003Franklin County, Grundy County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2003, 7:12 PM CST for Franklin County, Grundy County, 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 15, 2003, 7:12 PM CST (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2003, 11:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2003-02-16Temperature 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 2003-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 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 160113
FFWBNA
TNC051-061-160500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
712 PM CST SAT FEB 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 710 PM CST...MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  WERE MOVING FROM NORTH ALABAMA NORTHEAST INTO FRANKLIN AND GRUNDY
  COUNTIES. THESE AREAS ALREADY HAVE SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY 
  RAIN THAT OCCURRED FRIDAY AND EARLIER TODAY.

* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE     
  THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH    
  1100 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
  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 3500 8624 3501 8608 3520 8583 3540 8550
          3549 8579 3528 8589 3528 8623

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 10:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress4 hr

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.