Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 4:30 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TN

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TTAA00 KBNA 011927
FFWBNA
TNC125-012230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
126 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 125 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 430
PM...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
TT

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 9:25 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
924 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

PICKING UP THE PIECES AFT SVR WX AND FLOOD EVENT OVRNGT. MAIN FCST
PROBLEMS THIS ISSUANCE WL BE POPS TDA AND TEMPS.

SATELLITE INDCTG LARGE TSTM COMPLEX REPONSIBLE FOR FLOODING AND SVR
WX TO BE SLOLY MVG NWD OUT OF TN INTO KY. WL SEE SOME SUNSHINE FOR
LATE AM AND AFTN BHND MVMT OF TSTM AREA. RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP
THINGS AS THEY ARE AS FAR AS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CONCERNED AND
ALSO THAT WE PUT IN CHC FOR SVR TSRA FOR AFTN. BLV THAT ATTM THAT
WE COULD LWR POPS TO LIKELY CAT (ARND 70 PCT) AS DESTABILIZATION
THIS AFTN SHUD AGAIN INCRS TSRA CHCS AFT BREAK THIS AM.

TEMPS COULD ALSO BE A PROBLEM DUE TO E2XPECTED SUNSHINE ACRS FA.
MAY NEED TO UP TEMPS A CAT AND MNTN NEAR RECORD HI TEMPS. RECORD HI
FOR BNA TDA IS 78.

TROUTMAN

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

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