Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2003, 9:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Jul 22, 2003, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2003, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KOHX 221407 FFWBNA TNC055-099-103-181-221700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 902 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 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 WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 839 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS WAYNE...LAWRENCE...GILES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... CREEKS AND STREAMS TO LEAVE THIER BANKS. * TOWN INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG... PULASKI...FAYETTEVILLE. 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 3542 8796 3499 8802 3502 8639 3532 8653 $$ BOYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Franklin, Moore | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Franklin, Moore | 3 hr |
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.