Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2004, 8:45 AM CDT for 4 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
- Jun 25, 2004, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2004, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Wayne County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 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 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KOHX 251350
FFWBNA
TNC055-099-117-181-251645-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
845 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 838 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SEVERAL
AREAS WITH 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 3 HOURS. ALSO...AREA
STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL.
PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS AND CAUSE HYDROPLANING
OF VEHICLES.
* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1145 AM CDT INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...PULASKI...LORETTO...LEWISBURG...LAWRENCEBURG...
COLLINWOOD
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 3562 8664 3535 8664 3504 8696 3504 8799
3543 8796 3547 8698
$$
JLM1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KOHX 251418
FFSBNA
TNC055-099-117-181-251645-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
914 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR GILES...
LAWRENCE...WAYNE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...
AT 907 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN
HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY IN THE LAUREL HILL WILDLIFE
AREA...IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN THE TOWNS OF CENTER...HENRYVILLE AND WEBBER
CITY...AND IN GILES AND MARSHALL COUNTY IN LYNNVILLE AND LEWISBURG.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3562 8664 3535 8664 3504 8696 3504 8799
3543 8796 3547 8698
$$
JLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 2 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.