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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2004, 5:13 PM CDT for 7 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
- May 26, 2004, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Sumner County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 353 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KOHX 262216 FFWBNA TNC027-049-087-111-133-137-165-270130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 513 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE JACKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 511 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE ORIENTATION OF THIS LINE IS SUCH THAT THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS IN SUCCESSION, GREATLY INCREASING THE CHANCES OF FLASH FLOODING. * CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 715 PM CDT INCLUDE... WESTMORELAND...RED BOILING SPRINGS...PORTLAND...LAFAYETTE... JAMESTOWN...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN MOST WEATHER RELATED FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF FLOODS, AND MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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 3661 8479 3639 8466 3645 8665 3667 8658 $$ ROSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Overton | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Macon | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 14 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress | 12 min |
| May 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 16 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 26 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.