Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT for Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haywood County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Brownsville, TN | HIGHWAY 19 CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. REPORTED BY HAYWOOD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 KMEG 102203 FFWMEM TNC075-110000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 502 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 502 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 300 PM BETWEEN NUTBUSH AND BELLE EAGLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THIS AREA AND MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 700 PM CDT INCLUDE... HOLLY GROVE...BROWNSVILLE...BELLE EAGLE .A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3555 8942 3553 8918 3570 8910 3579 8939 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KMEG 102339 FFSMEM TNC075-102345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 637 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 637 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE SERIOUS THREAT OF FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 525 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 19 NEAR BROWNSVILLE WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| May 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 26 min |
| May 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 17 min |
| May 10, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 26 min |
| May 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 27 min |
| May 10, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 2 hr |
| May 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 24 min |
| May 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 24 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 23 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.