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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Nashville, TN

October 19, 2004Rutherford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2004, 1:54 AM CDT for Rutherford 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: Oct 19, 2004, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2004, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rutherford County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 190657
FFWBNA
TNC149-190900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
154 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM      
  NEAR WALTERHILL TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA VERGNE...MOVING         
  SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 3598 8616 3605 8656 3594 8660 3568 8676
      3569 8622 3582 8627

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 18, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1120 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

.DISCUSSION...
IR SATELLITE DATA SHOWS BACKBUILDING INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE
THIS EVENING...FAVORED AREA FOR ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT WITH
UPPER JET CONFIGURATION. JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT PROPAGATES
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

NEW TORNADO WATCH SENT AT 1100 PM CDT COVERS MOST OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...WEST OF THE PLATEAU. ADDITIONAL WEATHER PROBLEM APPEARS
TO BE FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN A FEW NORTHWEST MIDDLE
TENNESSEE COUNTIES AT PRESENT...AND WILL BE EXPANDING EAST.

&&

.BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

04

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 5:30 AM CDT, 20 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
530 AM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-191030-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
530 AM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY COULD BRING A FEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY...AND POSSIBLY
TONIGHT AS WELL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND
OR DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE TO AND POSSIBLY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE
ON TUESDAY. THIS COUPLED WITH A PASSING UPPER LEVEL JET WILL BRING
THE CHANCE OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO ALL OF THE AREA ON
TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

EVEN THOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST OFF AND
ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NECESSARY
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 9:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
937 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

TNZ005>007-022>027-190330-
BENTON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-
ROBERTSON-STEWART-
937 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

WEATHER GETTING SERIOUS IN WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT THIS HOUR.
IF YOU LIVE IN BENTON...HOUSTON AND STEWART COUNTIES...YOU ARE
UNDER A TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 10 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS UNTIL 1030 PM.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM EASTERN STEWART
COUNTY DOWN THROUGH NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY BACK INTO WESTERN
TENNESSEE NORTH OF JACKSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE MOST SEVERE PART OF THE LINE WAS IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY
WHERE A STRONG WET DOWNBURST WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR
AT 935 PM. ROTATION CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.
IF LIVE IN THE WARNED COUNTIES MOVE INDOORS AND TAKE COVER NOW.

BOYD
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Local storm report, Oct 18, 11:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1104 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1101 PM     HAIL             WAVERLY                 36.09N 87.79W
10/18/2004  0.88 INCH        HUMPHREYS          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BOYD

Local storm report, Oct 18, 11:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1125 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1121 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N CHARLOTTE           36.26N 87.35W
10/18/2004                   DICKSON            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            SIX TO TWELVE INCHES DEEP WATER ON HWY 48 NEAR KILLIAN
            SPRINGS ROAD

&&

MED

Local storm report, Oct 18, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1156 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1154 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S NASHVILLE           36.14N 86.78W
10/18/2004                   DAVIDSON           TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            MAJOR FLOODING AT HWY 70 SOUTH AND OLD HARDING ROAD

&&

MED

Local storm report, Oct 19, 1:23 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
123 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1209 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 N CHARLOTTE           36.29N 87.35W
10/19/2004                   DICKSON            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            1098 OLD HWY 48 HOME FLOODED.

&&

MED

Local storm report, Oct 19, 1:31 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
131 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     TSTM WND DMG     14 S LEBANON            36.01N 86.32W
10/19/2004                   WILSON             TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            MOBILE HOME TRAILER BLOWN OVER NEAR SPEEDWAY OFF OF HWY
            231

&&

MED

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, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson	3 hr
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, 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.