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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Nashville, TN

October 19, 2004Bedford County, Coffee County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2004, 3:52 AM CDT for Bedford County, Coffee 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, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bedford County, TN, Coffee County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2004-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 501 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2004-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 558 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 190854
FFWBNA
TNC003-031-191100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
MANCHESTER TO 19 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
NORMANDY...TULLAHOMA...AND MANCHESTER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE 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 3544 8596 3546 8664 3537 8659 3528 8616
      3535 8578

$$

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry, Wayne23 min
Oct 18, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne30 min
Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart52 min
Oct 18, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Stewart63 min
Oct 18, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne30 min
Oct 18, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLewis, Maury45 min
Oct 18, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys55 min
Oct 18, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys65 min
Oct 18, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury29 min
Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis, Perry, Wayne23 min
Oct 18, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson48 min
Oct 18, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery2 hr
Oct 18, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys48 min
Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson32 min
Oct 18, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson47 min
Oct 18, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham55 min
Oct 18, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson3 hr
Oct 18, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson60 min
Oct 19, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman2 hr
Oct 19, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson33 min
Oct 19, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys56 min
Oct 19, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Rutherford, Williamson31 min
Oct 19, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson58 min
Oct 19, 12:38 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry22 min
Oct 19, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson50 min
Oct 19, 12:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson2 hr
Oct 19, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Hickman, Marshall, Maury and 3 more29 min
Oct 19, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford25 min
Oct 19, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson22 min
Oct 19, 1:48 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMaury27 min
Oct 19, 1:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford2 hr
Oct 19, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Rutherford29 min
Oct 19, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson38 min
Oct 19, 2:17 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMarshall, Maury28 min
Oct 19, 2:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Oct 19, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne3 hr
Oct 19, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWilliamson115 min
Oct 19, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence24 min
Oct 19, 2:56 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Wayne34 min
Oct 19, 3:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Perry2 hr
Oct 19, 3:28 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles32 min
Oct 19, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy2 hr
Oct 19, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne25 min
Oct 19, 4:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles3 hr
Oct 19, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne32 min
Oct 19, 5:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne2 hr
Oct 19, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee2 hr
Oct 19, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGrundy119 min
Oct 19, 7:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Marshall and 1 more3 hr
Oct 19, 11:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence3 hr

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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.