Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 12, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT for Decatur 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
- Sep 12, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Decatur County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 122304
FFWMEM
TNC039-130200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
600 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN DECATURVILLE AND
SCOTTS HILL AND BATH SPRINGS.
* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 900 PM CDT INCLUDE...
BATH SPRINGS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.
.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 3558 8800 3550 8798 3544 8805 3540 8815
3557 8815
$$
JCLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 23 min |
| Sep 12, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 29 min |
| Sep 12, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 3:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 114 min |
| Sep 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 36 min |
| Sep 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
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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.