Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maury County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 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 102350 FFWBNA TNC119-110245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 645 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...MAURY COUNTY AT 6:40 PM CDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN MAURY COUNTY AS WELL AS SEVERAL FLOODED HOMES. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE LOCATION SEEK HIGHER GROUND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING SO PERSONS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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, Apr 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-101945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 149 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 AT 130 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERRED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE NEAR FRANKLIN AND NEAR FAYETTEVILLE. SCATTERED HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE HEAVY RAINSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WAVERLY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO NEAR CROSSVILLE ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-102045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 245 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 AT 230 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERRED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE JUST NORTH OF LEBANON...AND BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND LAWRENCEBURG. ALSO...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR MC MINNVILLE ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. OTHERWISE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER WEST KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WEST TENNESSEE...MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 351 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 AT 330 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERRED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BETWEEN LAWRENCEBURG IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND CROSSVILLE ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER WEST KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WEST TENNESSEE...MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES ANh HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 435 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 AT 430 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN TULLAHOMA AND MADISONVILLE IN THE SOUTHTHERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND BETWEEN ASHLAND CITY AND SPRINGFIELD IN THE NORTH PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER WEST KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WEST TENNESSEE ...MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. STREET FLOODING COULD OCCURR WITH A HEAVY DOWNPOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 535 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 AT 530 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TENNESSEE... FROM HENDERSON IN THE WEST TO 10 MILES NORTH OF CHATTANOOGA IN THE EAST. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING... SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WEST TENNESSEE... MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS EVENING. STREET FLOODING COULD OCCURR WITH A HEAVY DOWNPOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:37 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
TNZ005>010-023>033-056>065-075>078-093>097-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 635 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 AT 630 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN THE SOUTH PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND LEWISBURG AND ALSO NEAR SODDY ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WEST TENNESSEE... MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY WITH THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 65 min |
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.