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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

May 31, 2004Dickson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2004, 12:16 AM CDT for Dickson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 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 31, 2004, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dickson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2491 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 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
16.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 310518
FFWBNA
TNC043-310915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1216 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 1215 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS
  OF ABOUT 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY.
  THE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 415 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  WHITE BLUFF...DICKSON...BURNS

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3629 8717 3596 8719 3601 8757 3634 8756

$$
END/JAO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KOHX 310731
FFSBNA
TNC037-043-081-085-133-149-165-189-311115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
MIDDLE TN...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HUMPHREYS UNTIL 4 AM...DICKSON
UNTIL 415 AM...HICKMAN UNTIL 445 AM...RUTHERFORD UNTIL 530 AM...AND
OVERTON UNTIL 615 AM.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DAVIDSON...SUMNER AND WILSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM.

AT 225 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MODERATE RAINFALL EXTENDED WESTWARD TO A
RIDGETOP TO LINDEN LINE. TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE...ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1/2 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED
GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF I-65. TO THE WEST OF I-65 RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE LIGHTER.

KEEP IN MIND THAT FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL OCCUR EVENTHOUGH RAINFALL
INTENSITY WILL BE SLOWLY DECREASING ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING AT NIGHT. SLOW DOWN AND
CONTINUE TO AVOID CROSSING ANY WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. REMEMBER
THAT FLASH FLOODING DEATHS ARE THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED
KILLER.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart60 min
May 30, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Hickman, Humphreys, Perry27 min
May 30, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson50 min
May 30, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner37 min
May 30, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Perry26 min
May 30, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery51 min
May 30, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys38 min
May 30, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson20 min
May 30, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman30 min
May 30, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson39 min
May 30, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson26 min
May 30, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale50 min
May 30, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury and 3 more40 min
May 30, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson2 hr
May 30, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys4 hr
May 30, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson35 min
May 31, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, Giles, Lawrence and 6 more37 min
May 31, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson33 min
May 31, 12:39 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles21 min
May 31, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman4 hr
May 31, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Grundy and 5 more43 min
May 31, 1:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford4 hr
May 31, 1:19 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Coffee26 min
May 31, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Grundy, Overton, Putnam and 3 more47 min
May 31, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy26 min
May 31, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson4 hr
May 31, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXOverton4 hr

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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.