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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Nashville, TN

June 25, 2004Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2004, 11:28 AM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall 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 25, 2004, 11:28 AM CDT (16:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2004, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 251631
FFWBNA
TNC003-117-251830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1128 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1120 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN
  OVER BEDFORD AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 1.5
  TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA BETWEEN SHELBYVILLE AND 
  LEWISBURG IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 130 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  SHELBYVILLE...LEWISBURG

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 3558 8687 3564 8628 3538 8637 3537 8661
      3527 8681

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson35 min
Jun 25, 8:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford3 hr
Jun 25, 8:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Wayne3 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.