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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

February 21, 2005Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 2005, 12:01 PM CST for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2005, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2005, 2:00 PM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2005-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 2005-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KOHX 211801
FFWOHX
TNC099-181-212000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1201 PM CST MON FEB 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG
  WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 1155 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ETHRIDGE
  AND CLIFTON.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3545 8801 3503 8798 3503 8723 3545 8722

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 8:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Wayne2 hr
Feb 21, 9:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPutnam, Warren, White38 min
Feb 21, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.