Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2003, 10:21 AM CDT for Maury 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 6, 2003, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2003, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Maury County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KOHX 061523
FFWBNA
TNC119-061815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1021 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MAURY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1018 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER COLUMBIA AND
PORTIONS OF THE REST OF MAURY COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNT PLEASANT AND SPRING
HILL
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHWEST AND ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY...BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
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 3543 8729 3551 8727 3562 8737 3574 8723
3587 8723 3580 8698 3572 8679 3554 8683
3545 8694
$$
STEIGERWALDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 12:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lewis | 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.