Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 1989, 9:19 PM EDT for Rhea County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1989, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1989, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rhea County, TN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCHA 040122 RRA
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TNC143-040415-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
919 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
...RHEA
HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING IN THE EVENVILLE AREA OF CENTRAL RHEA
COUNTY FOR SEVERAL HOURS NOW. POLICE REPORT WATER ACROSS A FEW STREETS
AND RISING WATER IS BECOMING A CONCERN IN A MOBILE HOME PARK IN
EVENVILLE. THE RAIN IS FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS BEEN ALMOST
STATIONARY. SEVERAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE OCCURRED IN SPRING CITY.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR WEST
OF THE AREA FROM CROSSVILLE SOUTHWARD TO JASPER. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AND SHOULD PROVIDE EVEN HEAVY RAIN.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS HBRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 400 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989 COUNTY..... CRAWFORD SOURCE..... CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF TIME....... 1245 PM EDT JUL 3, 1989 LOCATION... NEAR ROBERTA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WIDTH...... NA LENGTH..... NA HAIL....... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE..... FEW TREES BROKEN OR UPROOTED TREES...... FEW BROKEN OR UPROOTED INJURES.... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN WATCHES.... NONE WARNINGS... NONE GEORGIA PROWER REPORTED MINOR POWER DISRUPTIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS BIBB COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 515 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989 AT 510 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE IN WEST DODGE COUNTY 12 MILES WEST OF EASTMAN AND IN DOOLY COUNTY 15 MILES WEST OF VIENNA. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. STREET FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS LIKELY IN PARTS OF VIENNA AND EASTMAN IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. STAY TUNED TO A RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER REPORT ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 558 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989 ...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON SOAKS THE COLUMBUS METRO AREA... AS OF 5PM EDT...THE OFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WAS 3.61 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CAUSED LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SO FAR THE FLOODING HAS BEEN MINOR AND MOST OF THE WATER HAS RECEDED AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE ABUNDANT RAINFALL ALREADY RECEIVED...ANY SUBSEQUENT SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY SMALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGE BASINS ARE NEAR FULL...AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE FORECAST TOMORROW. RESIDENTS OF COLUMBUS...AS WELL AS THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE FLOODING POSSIBILITY DURING HEAVY RAIN PERIODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM...WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. REMAIN INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 558 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1989 ...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON SOAK THE COLUMBUS METRO AREA... AS OF 5PM EDT...THE OFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WAS 3.61 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CAUSED LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SOME STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SO FAR THE FLOODING HAS BEEN MINOR AND MOST OF THE WATER HAS RECEDED AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE ABUNDANT RAINFALL ALREADY RECEIVED...ANY SUBSEQUENT SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY SMALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGE BASINS ARE NEAR FULL...AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE FORECAST THROUGH TOMORROW. RESIDENTS OF COLUMBUS...AS WELL AS THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE FLOODING POSSIBILITY DURING HEAVY RAIN PERIODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM...WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. REMAIN INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bledsoe | 4 hr |
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.