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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Nashville, TN

August 2, 2003Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2003, 9:20 PM CDT for Benton 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
Aug 2, 2003, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Benton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2003-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 030223
FFWBNA
TNC005-030530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
920 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 916 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OF
  ABOUT TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN THE 
  PAST HOUR. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ENTER INTO BENTON
  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 3 HOURS.
  

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1230 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  CAMDEN AND BIG SANDY

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3636 8796 3584 8794 3585 8819 3637 8813

$$

END/ORCHANIAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KOHX 030445
FFSBNA
TNC005-030745-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1143 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

AT 1142 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING
ACROSS BENTON COUNTY...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. 
THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HAVE MOVED INTO DICKSON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.
NO FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$
END/ORCHANIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFranklin3 hr
Aug 3, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXTrousdale3 hr
Aug 3, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXOverton3 hr
Aug 3, 5:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFentress, Pickett3 hr
Aug 3, 5:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSmith3 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.