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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

June 8, 2005Hickman County, Lewis County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2005, 3:19 PM CDT for Hickman County, Lewis 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
Jun 8, 2005, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hickman County, TN, Lewis County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1101 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 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 082023
FFWOHX
TNC081-101-082315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
319 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER   
  THE WARNED AREA.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL  
  AREAS. 

RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3554 8753 3555 8732 3571 8730 3568 8758

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence29 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson35 min
Jun 8, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury28 min
Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLewis29 min
Jun 8, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis28 min

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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.