Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jul 3, 1989, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 1989, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Robertson County, TN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
400 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
          ...ROBERTSON
 
RADAR SHOWS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS MOVING OVER ROBERTSON COUNTY
IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. ESTIMATED RAINFALL IS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...ON
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAINS.   ROBERTSON COUNTY
CIVIL DEFENSE REPORT SOME FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES IN THE COUNTY
AT THE PRESENT TIME.  SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.
 
ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN OR MORE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
335 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1989

...FLOODING IN ROBERTSON COUNTY...

THE SPRINGFIELD CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS SOME FLOODING IN ROBERTSON
COUNTY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.  A FEW ROADS ARE BEING CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATER.

THE NASHVILLE RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
SOME HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE ROBERTSON COUNTY AREA AT 330 AM.
THE RAIN SHOULD BE ENDING IN THE NEXT HOUR BUT THE SITUATION WILL
BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY
IF BARRACADES ARE UP.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
FOR EVASIVE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WATER BE ENCOUNTERED.

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.