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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Nashville, TN

January 13, 2005Hickman County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jan 13, 2005, 7:44 AM CST for Hickman 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
Jan 13, 2005, 7:44 AM CST (13:44 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2005, 9:45 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hickman County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2005-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2005-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 482 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
632 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 131350
FFWOHX
TNC081-131545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
744 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 733 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF     
  STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH HICKMAN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES
  HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM.    

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3571 8774 3563 8755 3563 8740 3571 8727
      3597 8720 3598 8755

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Montgomery39 days
Jan 13, 6:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys, Lewis39 days
Jan 13, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Maury39 days
Jan 13, 6:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry39 days
Jan 13, 7:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Montgomery, Robertson39 days
Jan 13, 7:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Williamson, Wilson39 days
Jan 13, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Humphreys, Robertson39 days
Jan 13, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Maury and 1 more39 days
Jan 13, 8:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson, Sumner39 days
Jan 13, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Maury, Williamson39 days
Jan 13, 9:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMarshall, Rutherford, Wilson39 days
Jan 13, 9:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Sumner39 days
Jan 13, 9:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Macon, Trousdale39 days
Jan 13, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, DeKalb, Rutherford, Smith39 days
Jan 13, 9:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Van Buren39 days
Jan 13, 9:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy39 days
Jan 13, 9:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Cumberland39 days
Jan 13, 10:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy39 days

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.