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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

May 10, 2004Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2004, 7:35 PM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 85 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2004, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 110037
FFWBNA
TNC161-110200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
735 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF STEWART COUNTY. FLOODING WAS REPORTED
  ON HIGHWAY 49 IN BEAR SPRINGS.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 900 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  DOVER
  CARLISLE
  BEAR SPRING

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...CONTACT LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3649 8763 3636 8781 3633 8786 3645 8801
          3664 8780 3664 8764

$$
BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery41 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton24 min
May 10, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart47 min
May 10, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon94 min

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.