Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Dec 21, 1990, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)

Expired

Dec 21, 1990, 10:15 PM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crockett County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Madison County, TN

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 220026
FFWMEM
TNC033-047-053-075-113-157-167-220415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
620 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...CROCKETT COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY...GIBSON COUNTY...HAYWOOD COUNT   ...MADISON COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY...TIPTON COUNTY
 
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS TODAY. LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING STREET
INTERSECTIONS...LOW WATER BRIDGES...AND CREEK OR RIVER BOTTOM REGIONS
ARE ESPECIALLY SUCEPTIBLE. SOME ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND ARE CLOSED
TO TRAFFIC.
 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT COMPOUNDING THE
PROBLEM. THE GROUND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY SATURATED SO ANY MORE RAIN
WILL BE RUNOFF.
 
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.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GR#OUND.

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.