Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jul 11, 1989, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 11, 1989, 11:45 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, TN, Smith 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
937 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
          ...NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHERN SMITH
 
RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY SPREADING
INTO NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 5 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THIS STORM FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  NASHVILME!TN
832 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

 ...HEAVY!RAIN IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE UENNESSEE...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINGERING OVER THE SOUTHERO QART OF THE MIDSTATE
THIS MORNING AND CAUSING HEAVY RAINS AND SOME MINOR FLOODING.

NASHVILLE RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING
THE COUNTIES OF GILES...MARSHALL...BEDFORD...MOORE AND FRANKLIN.
COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT!THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED IN
PARUS OF MARSHALL COUNTY DUE!TO FLOODING.  MINOR WIND DAMAGE
WAS REQORTED EARLIER IN NORTHERN GILES COUNTY.  THE STORMS ARE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST...SO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

MOTORISTS IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE SIOULDy BE WATCH FOR PONDING
OF WATER!IN LOW SPOTS ON THE!HIGHWAY.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

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.