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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Nashville, TN

May 31, 2004Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2004, 1:55 AM CDT for Davidson County, Sumner County, Wilson 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, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Davidson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 310657
FFWBNA
TNC037-165-189-311100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SUMNER COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 150 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 
  INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREAS. MODERATE TO
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT
  FEW HOURS. STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SUMNER COUNTY AND
  NEAR BANKFUL IN WILSON COUNTY. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 600 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  WESTMORELAND...WATERTOWN...PORTLAND...NASHVILLE...
  MOUNT JULIET...LEBANON...HENDERSONVILLE...AND GALLATIN

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 3633 8628 3629 8613 3600 8605 3600 8633
          3611 8649 3604 8659 3606 8702 3652 8659
          3663 8640 3665 8622

$$

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, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson4 hr
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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.