Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2003, 1:45 PM CDT for Benton County, Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 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 16, 2003, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 161849 FFWBNA TNC005-083-161-162145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 145 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 138 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BIG SANDY...TENNESSEE RIDGE TO CUMBERLAND CITY. * THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THIS AREA HAVE BEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES DURING THE LAST HOUR. 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 3644 8836 3604 8822 3625 8761 3651 8765 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 118 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Marshall | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Putnam, White | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 47 min |
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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.