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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Nashville, TN

June 15, 2003Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 5:56 PM CDT for Marshall County, Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 15, 2003, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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 12:00Z, 10.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 320 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 2003-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 152258
FFWBNA
TNC117-119-160100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
556 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 547 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MAURY COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF CULLEOKA.
  RADAR INDICATES MORE RAIN IS MOVING INTO THIS AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL
  INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

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 3555 8706 3537 8704 3537 8672 3561 8675

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson2 hr
Jun 15, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry30 min
Jun 15, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis38 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.