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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Nashville, TN

October 18, 2004Cheatham County, Davidson County, Dickson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 2004, 11:25 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Davidson County, Dickson 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: Oct 18, 2004, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2004, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 558 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 651 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 16.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 190426
FFWBNA
TNC021-037-043-190730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1125 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NASHVILLE
  DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 1115 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND CITY TO 6
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DICKSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE BLUFF BY 1135 PM CDT
  ASHLAND CITY BY 1140 PM CDT
  KINGSTON SPRINGS BY 1145 PM CDT
  PEGRAM BY 1150 PM CDT
  BELLE MEADE BY 1205 AM CDT
  FOREST HILLS AND OAK HILL BY 1210 AM CDT

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3628 8749 3603 8757 3601 8676 3626 8662
      3643 8714

$$

04

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KOHX 190628
FFSBNA
TNC043-190730-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
130 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DICKSON COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM...
RADAR SHOWED A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY. RADAR DATA SHOWED UP TO
SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF DICKSON AND
TO THE WEST. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING...MAINLY IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

$$

04

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	23 min
Oct 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	30 min
Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	52 min
Oct 18, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Stewart	63 min
Oct 18, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	30 min
Oct 18, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Lewis, Maury	45 min
Oct 18, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	55 min
Oct 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Houston, Humphreys	65 min
Oct 18, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	29 min
Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Perry, Wayne	23 min
Oct 18, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	48 min
Oct 18, 10:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery	2 hr
Oct 18, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	48 min
Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	32 min
Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	47 min
Oct 18, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham	55 min
Oct 18, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	60 min
Oct 19, 12:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	2 hr
Oct 19, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Williamson	33 min
Oct 19, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Humphreys	56 min
Oct 19, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Rutherford, Williamson	31 min
Oct 19, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Wilson	58 min
Oct 19, 12:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Humphreys, Perry	22 min
Oct 19, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Wilson	50 min
Oct 19, 12:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Williamson	2 hr
Oct 19, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Hickman, Marshall, Maury and 3 more	29 min
Oct 19, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	25 min
Oct 19, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	22 min
Oct 19, 1:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Maury	27 min
Oct 19, 1:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Rutherford	2 hr
Oct 19, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford	29 min
Oct 19, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	38 min
Oct 19, 2:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	28 min
Oct 19, 2:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	3 hr
Oct 19, 2:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	3 hr
Oct 19, 2:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Williamson	115 min
Oct 19, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	24 min
Oct 19, 2:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Coffee, Wayne	34 min
Oct 19, 3:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Perry	2 hr
Oct 19, 3:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles	32 min
Oct 19, 3:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	2 hr
Oct 19, 4:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Grundy	2 hr
Oct 19, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	25 min
Oct 19, 4:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles	3 hr
Oct 19, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	32 min
Oct 19, 5:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	2 hr
Oct 19, 6:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee	2 hr
Oct 19, 6:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Grundy	119 min
Oct 19, 7:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Marshall and 1 more	3 hr
Oct 19, 11:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	3 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.