Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 1993, 7:31 PM CDT for Davidson County, Williamson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1993, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Davidson County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 503 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 040031 FFWBNA TNC037-187-040130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 731 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...DAVIDSON COUNTY...NORTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT 730 PM CDT...STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE WESTERN PART OF NASHVILLE AND IN FRANKLIN IN NORTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SEVERAL UNDERPASSES WERE FLOODED AND MANY STREETS WERE IMPASSABLE. HIGH WINDS WERE ALSO CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA COMPOUNDING THE CURRENT PROBLEM. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUT,OMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 349 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 AT 335PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...JUST NORTH OF LEWISBURG AND JUST WEST OF CENTERVILLE. THESE ARE STRONG STORMS AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH AND WEST PART OF MIDDLE TENNES\SEE...WEST TENNESSEE...WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NORTH ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
TNZ006-007-008-009-010-011-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 349 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 AT 335PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...JUST NORTH OF LEWISBURG AND JUST WEST OF CENTERVILLE. THESE ARE STRONG STORMS AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH AND WEST PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WEST TENNESSEE...WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NORTH ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 441 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM... AT 430 PM CDT...NASHVILLE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR SAVANNAH...IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE JUST WEST OF COLUMBIA...AND IN WEST KENTUCKY AROUND FORT CAMPBELL. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMA WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHWEST ALABAMA...AND WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WWUS35KPDX +
Special weather statement, May 3, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 441 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM... AT 430 PM CDT...NASHVILLE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE IN WEST TENNESSEE NEAR SAVANNAH...IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE JUST WEST OF COLUMBIA...AND IN WEST KENTUCKY AROUND FORT CAMPBELL. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMA WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHWEST ALABAMA...AND WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WWUS35KPDX +
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:41 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 641 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 630 PM CDT..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MUSCLE SHOALS IN NORTH ALABAMA...TO CENTERVILLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND RUSSELLVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE REST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...NORTH ALABAMA...AND WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO FORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:42 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
TNZ007-008-009-010-011-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 641 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 9 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 630 PM CDT..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN MUSCLE SHOALS IN NORTH ALABAMA...TO CENTERVILLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND RUSSELLVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE REST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...NORTH ALABAMA...AND WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO FORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 62 min |
| May 3, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson, Sumner | 69 min |
| May 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 3 hr |
| May 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Williamson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.