1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 19, 1:25 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 225 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003 LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. AT MID AFTERNOON...A FAIRLY DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINED OVER THE REGION. THE BOUNDARY WAS PRIMARILY EVIDENT ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND IN DEW POINT PLOTS...WITH LOWER 70S FROM NASHVILLE SOUTH...AND MID 60S OVER MUCH OF KY. A FEW SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...AND MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION WAS BUILDING TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST. NO CONVECTION IN NORTH TN...AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED FROM MID MS VALLEY TO THE OHIO VALLEY WAS HELPING PUT ON CAP ON DEVELOPMENT. WILL STICK WITH LOW POPS PLATEAU AND SOUTH THIS EVENING. NO POP NORTH UNLESS SOMETHING DEVELOPS BEFORE FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL PUSH MORE MOISTURE NORTHWARD. UPPER HEIGHTS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER AND THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH THURSDAY. A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS...40 POPS. NOT CERTAIN HOW QUICKLY FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE OF STORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. DRY WX IS IN THE REST OF THE FORECAST WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. PRELIMS... BNA BB 071/092 072/091 073 -213 CSV BB 067/087 067/087 068 2223 .BNA...NONE. SH
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-201030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT LIKELY. 07
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff's office reported intersection of Scott Orchard Road and Ardmore Highway was flooded and impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, August 2003
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