Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 7, 2004, 4:55 AM CST for 9 counties in 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
- Dec 7, 2004, 4:55 AM CST (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2004, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bedford County, TN, Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 KOHX 071057
FFWOHX
TNC003-027-087-111-117-149-159-169-189-071400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 AM CST TUE DEC 7 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
CLAY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
JACKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
TROUSDALE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SHELBYVILLE...CELINA...GAINESBORO...
LAFAYETTE...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...CARTHAGE...HARTSVILLE
AND LEBANON.
* UNTIL 800 AM CST
* AT 450 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES ARE APPROACHING
ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS WELL AS CITY STREETS
IN URBAN AREAS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3538 8696 3538 8656 3545 8629 3589 8614
3627 8581 3625 8560 3645 8546 3665 8533
3667 8583 3669 8621 3636 8631 3632 8643
3598 8666 3581 8664 3570 8678
$$
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Perry, Stewart, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Montgomery, Robertson | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Maury | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith and 1 more | 25 min |
| Dec 7, 5:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, DeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Rutherford, Smith and 1 more | 19 min |
| Dec 7, 5:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 6:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.