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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN

June 2, 2004DeKalb County, Wilson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 2, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeKalb County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1302 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 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 030148
FFWBNA
TNC041-189-030345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
845 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DE KALB COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  WILSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 833 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL        
  TOTALS...UP TO THREE INCHES...IN SOUTHERN WILSON AND CENTRAL       
  DE KALB COUNTIES. 

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1045 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  WATERTOWN...SMITHVILLE...LEBANON

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 3609 8572 3588 8566 3598 8635 3607 8644
          3625 8640

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart51 min
Jun 2, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson44 min
Jun 2, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford57 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys, Perry46 min
Jun 2, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart29 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman55 min
Jun 2, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Wilson61 min
Jun 2, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson46 min
Jun 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman47 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson46 min
Jun 2, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam45 min
Jun 2, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Wilson57 min
Jun 2, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson47 min
Jun 2, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland38 min
Jun 2, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson33 min
Jun 2, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland3 hr

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.