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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN

May 26, 20047 counties in Tennessee

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton51 min
May 26, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRobertson49 min
May 26, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXFentress, Overton30 min
May 26, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon25 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner45 min
May 26, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress14 min
May 26, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress12 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson16 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner26 min
May 26, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSmith, Trousdale22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.