Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 1994, 12:13 AM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 1994, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 1994, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Moore County, TN, Warren County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 659 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 841 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 230615 FFWBNA TNC015-027-031-041-051-087-103-127-133-141-177-185-189-231015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1213 AM CST WED FEB 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ...CANNON COUNTY...CLAY COUNTY...COFFEE COUNTY...DEKALB COUNTY ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...MOORE COUNTY ...OVERTON COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY ...WILSON COUNTY THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND THE SATURATED GROUND HAVE CAUSED SOME STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND HAVE FLOODED SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS. THE RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...BUT RUNOFF WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ALSO...DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN MANY PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR vCAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE 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, Feb 22, 9:40 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-230445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 940 PM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TIL MIDNIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. AT 935 PM CST...AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM MURFREESBORO AND WATERTOWN IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE....TO COOKEVILLE AND THE DALE HOLLOW LAKE AREA ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOSTL LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND LAKE CUMBERLAND...AND ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER HAS PONDED ON ROADWAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 9:44 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-230445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 940 PM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TIL MIDNIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. AT 935 PM CST...AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM MURFREESBORO AND WATERTOWN IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE....TO COOKEVILLE AND THE DALE HOLLOW LAKE AREA ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MOSTL LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND LAKE CUMBERLAND...AND ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER HAS PONDED ON ROADWAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-230545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1040 PM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU OVERNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. AT 1035 PM CST...AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE SOUTH PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO FAYETTEVILLE...AND ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU... FROM TULLAHOMA...TO COOKEVILLE AND THE DALE HOLLOW LAKE AREA. LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... FROM BOWLING GREEN TO LAKE CUMBERLAND...AND ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER HAS PONDED ON ROADWAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 10:42 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-230545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1040 PM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU OVERNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. AT 1035 PM CST...AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE SOUTH PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...FROM LAWRENCEBURG TO FAYETTEVILLE...AND ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU... FROM TULLAHOMA...TO COOKEVILLE AND THE DALE HOLLOW LAKE AREA. LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... FROM BOWLING GREEN TO LAKE CUMBERLAND...AND ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER HAS PONDED ON ROADWAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 11:40 PM CST, 33 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-230645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1140 PM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU OVERNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. AT 1135 PM CST...AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS ACROSS THE EAST PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NEAR LAKE CUMBERLAND...AND ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER HAS PONDED ON ROADWAYS. THE MODERATE RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE REMAINDER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 11:40 PM CST, 33 minutes before
TNZ005-006-007-008-009-010-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-030-031- 032-033-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-065-075-076-077-078- 093-094-095-096-097-230645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1140 PM CST TUE FEB 22 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU OVERNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. AT 1135 PM CST...AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN...WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS ACROSS THE EAST PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NEAR LAKE CUMBERLAND...AND ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE LIMBS AND DEBRIS BLOCKING DITCHES AND DRAINAGE AREAS...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY EXPECTED TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY WHERE WATER HAS PONDED ON ROADWAYS. THE MODERATE RAINFALL IS FORECASTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE REMAINDER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 12:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, White | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 4 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.