Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jan 24, 1997, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1997, 12:15 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bledsoe County, TN, Marion County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
915 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BLEDSOE COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...SEQUATCHIE COUNTY
 
AT 914 AM CST A PERSISTENT AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED
IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES SINCE 730 AM ACROSS PARTS OF
MARION...SEQUATCHIE AND BLEDSOE COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH
OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 11 AM RESULTING
IN FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
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 STREAMP...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 24, 1:51 AM CST, 7 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
150 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997

SURFACE LOW EASTERN TX PANHANDLE AT 06Z WILL MOVE TO OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS
STATE LINE BY 12Z TODAY WITH BOTH ETA/NGM HAVE 60 KT LOW LEVEL JET RACING
THROUGH MID TN AT THAT TIME.  LOTS OF MOISTURE IS GETTING TRANSPORTED INTO
MIDDLE TN.  SURFACE LIFTED INDICES FALL BELOW ZERO AFTER 15Z ACROSS MID TN
WITH SURFACE LOW CENTERED IN MISSOURI BY 18Z WITH DEWPOINTS CLIMBING ABOVE
55 DEGS ACROSS MOST OF MID TN BY NOON-TIME TODAY.  250 MB JET MAX OVER
MID STATE AT 18Z WITH BEST DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF MID
TN AND NORTH ALABAMA.  BY 00Z ETA/NGM HAVE COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN TN
PUSHING TOWARDS MID STATE.

AIR MASS DESTABLIZES CONSIDERABLY ACROSS MIDDLE TN AFTER 18Z TODAY WITH
DESCENT VERTICAL SHEAR IN PLACE AND THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT THINK
SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE IN MIDDLE TN AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT.
WILL ISSUE SPS HIGHLIGHTING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN MID TN AND
WILL ALSO MENTION LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...SINCE WE ARE GOING HAVE
SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINFALL THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.
LOOKING AT CURRENT FCST WOULD PUT THUNDERSTORMS IN FOR SECOND PERIOD
BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  COLD FRONT SHOULD MAKE TO EASTERN MID TN BY
MIDNIGHT OR NEAR PLATEAU. TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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