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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Nashville, TN

July 22, 20034 counties in Tennessee

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 850 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne64 min
Jul 22, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln54 min
Jul 22, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin, Moore42 min
Jul 22, 9:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFranklin, Moore3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.