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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

April 22, 2004Benton County, Houston County, Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 2004, 1:23 PM CDT for Benton County, Houston County, Stewart 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
Apr 22, 2004, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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 2004-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 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 221829
FFWBNA
TNC005-083-161-222130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
123 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL        
  OVER MOST OF NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT. AT 116 PM       
  CDT...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM    
  DOVER....TO TENNESSEE RIDGE....TO CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 

IN ADDITION...BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER ACROSS BENTON COUNTY. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 430 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  TENNESSEE RIDGE...ERIN...DOVER...CAMDEN

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.

LAT...LON 3626 8791 3604 8802 3584 8794 3585 8823
          3614 8819 3626 8809 3642 8806 3669 8808
          3663 8764 3638 8764 3627 8773

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne56 min
Apr 22, 1:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys2 hr
Apr 22, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Marshall37 min
Apr 22, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.