Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1994, 1:55 AM CST for Wilson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 1:55 AM CST (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBNA 270758 FFWBNA TNC189-271200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 155 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...WILSON COUNTY ...TOWN CREEK IN LEBANON TENNESSEE WITHIN 3 FEET OF FLOOD STAGE AND RISING QUICKLY... AT 150 AM CST WILSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TOWN CREEK WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE CITY OF LEBANON HAS RISEN 10 INCHES DURING THE LAST HOUR AND WAS WITHIN 3 FEET OF FLOOD STAGE AT 150 AM CST. IF YOU LIVE ALONG TOWN CREEK HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WILSON COUNTY AND NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR ACROSS THIS AREA BEFORE SLACKING OFF. THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY SATURATED AND RUNOFF WILL BE EXCESSIVE. RAIN WAS COVERING ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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, Mar 27, 12:50 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-270750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1247 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...RAINFALL HAS BEEN HEAVY IN A FEW SPOTS... AT 1235 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM COLUMBIA ACROSS FRANKLIN AND MURFREESBORO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS COVERED ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN ONE- INCH AT MOST LOCATIONS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE GROUND IS NOW SATURATED AND ADDITONAL RAINS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS WHERE PONDING OF WATER MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 10:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.