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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

March 5, 2004Clay County, Jackson County, Smith County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2004, 6:06 PM CST for Clay County, Jackson County, Smith County, Tennessee. It was in force for 114 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
Mar 5, 2004, 6:06 PM CST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2004, 8:00 PM CST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Smith County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2004-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 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 060009
FFWBNA
TNC027-087-159-060200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
606 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  JACKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

* AT 554 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A    
  LINE FROM NEAR CELINA TO CARTHAGE. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES  
  OF NEARLY TWO INCHES PER HOUR ALONG AND NEAR THE LINE.  

* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 800 PM CST INCLUDE...
  GORDONSVILLE...GAINESBORO...CELINA...CARTHAGE

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3662 8529 3649 8547 3625 8554 3627 8581
          3618 8584 3609 8606 3631 8612 3642 8601
          3643 8585 3662 8575

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne52 min
Mar 5, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles46 min
Mar 5, 8:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall2 hr
Mar 5, 8:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGiles30 min
Mar 5, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee44 min
Mar 5, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee45 min
Mar 5, 9:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren2 hr
Mar 5, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXGrundy, Warren43 min
Mar 5, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren35 min
Mar 5, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland32 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.