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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2004Putnam County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2004, 4:17 PM CDT for Putnam County, Tennessee. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2004, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2004-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2320 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2004-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 052121
FFWBNA
TNC141-052315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
417 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 410 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS     
  PUTNAM COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE BAXTER AREA. 

IN ADDITION...WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING IN BAXTER WHERE SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED.

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 615 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  MONTEREY...COOKEVILLE...BAXTER...ALGOOD

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 
ROADWAYS. IF YOU APPROACH A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT 
DROWN.


LAT...LON 3615 8516 3603 8528 3612 8578 3624 8579
      3621 8560 3630 8548

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon36 min
Jul 5, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson35 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson45 min
Jul 5, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXTrousdale26 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Macon, Smith33 min
Jul 5, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam13 min
Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Putnam, Smith30 min
Jul 5, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite28 min
Jul 5, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett33 min
Jul 5, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam51 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb60 min
Jul 5, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress, Overton, Putnam, White39 min
Jul 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon63 min
Jul 5, 4:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXPickett113 min
Jul 5, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland2 hr
Jul 5, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy, Warren24 min

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.