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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Nashville, TN

July 26, 2004Fentress County, Pickett County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2004, 5:49 PM CDT for Fentress County, Pickett County, 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
Jul 26, 2004, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2004, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fentress County, TN, Pickett County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2004-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 244 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 2004-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 262251
FFWBNA
TNC049-137-270145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
549 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN
  NORTHEASTERN PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY     
  RAINFALL OVER FENTRESS AND EASTERN PICKETT COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES
  NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS WITH AN    
  ADDITIONAL INCH EXPECTED BEFORE RAINFALL DIMINISHES. 

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.

LAT...LON 3630 8514 3618 8486 3666 8466 3671 8495

$$

JLM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 2:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXVan Buren119 min
Jul 26, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford48 min
Jul 26, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Rutherford44 min
Jul 26, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon27 min
Jul 26, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb27 min
Jul 26, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXFentress, Pickett2 hr
Jul 26, 3:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCumberland, Van Buren, White3 hr
Jul 26, 4:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXVan Buren3 hr

Nearby

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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.