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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 1997Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 8:49 PM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 1997, 8:49 PM CST (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 11:45 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 020252
FFWBNA
TNC161-020545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
849 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...STEWART COUNTY
 
AT 849 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO
THE COUNTY WHICH WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOUR. RIVERS ARE ALREADY AT
BANKFUL AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
 
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.

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.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
745 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

STUFF OCCURRG JUST AHEAD OF CDFNT IN AREA OF GUD INSTBLTY.  XPCT
STUFF TO MOV OVR HERE TO LATR TNGT W/CDNFT. XPCT CDFNT BNA VCNTY
ARND 12Z.  TEMPS LUKG GUD.  LUKS LK ADJUSTMTS NEEDD FOR WATCH ONLY
ATTM.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 1, 4:20 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
350 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 AM    CAMDEN AND BIG SANDY      TN   FLOODING
03/01/97   BENTON                         WATER OVER ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY
                                          69 NORTH. REPORTED BY LOCAL
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

0630 AM    DICKSON                   TN   FLOODING
03/01/97   DICKSON                        WATER OVER ROAD IN DICKSON.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0640 AM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   FLOODING
03/01/97   CHEATHAM                       MUD AND ROCK SLIDES DUE TO
                                          FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 49 NEAR
                                          PETWAY. ONE TO TWO FEET OF
                                          WATER ACROSS COUNTY. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0645 AM     10SW SPRINGFIELD         TN   FLOODING
03/01/97    ROBERTSON                     WATER OVER ROAD ON HIGHWAY 49.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0700 AM     COUNTYWIDE               TN   FLOODING
03/01/97    DECATUR                       WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND WATER
                                          OVER ROADS. REPORTED BY LOCAL
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

0710 AM     10SW LINDEN              TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97    PERRY                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0720 AM     LINDEN                   TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97    PERRY                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0750 AM    LINDEN                    TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97   HICKMAN                        REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0835 AM    5SW FRANKLIN              TN   HOME DAMAGED AND TREE DOWNED.
03/01/97   WILLIAMSON                     REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1120 AM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   FLOODING
03/01/97   STEWART                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING WITH ONE
                                          TO TWO FEET OF WATER ACROSS
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY LOCAL
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

0143 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   FLOODING
03/01/97   STEWART                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN BUMPUS
                                          MILLS AND BIG ROCK. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0300 PM    COUNTYWIDE                TN   FLOODING
03/01/97   MONTGOMERY                     WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS COUNTY.
                                          SEVERAL ROADS AND STREETS CLOSED
                                         IN AND NEAR CLARKSVILLE.
                                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                         ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Mar 1, 4:24 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
300 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0105 AM    5SW WAYNESBORO            TN   WIND DAMAGE AND 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0140 AM    5E WAYNESBORO             TN   TORNADO
03/01/97   WAYNE                          TWO INJURIES AND SEVERAL MOBILE
                                          HOMES DAMAGED/DESTROYED. TWO
                                          HOMES DAMAGED AND SEVERAL
                                          VEHICLES AND TREES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
0142 AM    NW LAWRENCE               TN   TORNADO
03/01/97   LAWRENCE                       ONE HOME DESTROYED AND
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0200 AM     NAPIER                   TN   TORNADO
03/01/97    LEWIS                         SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED AND A
                                          BARN DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0212 AM     SPRING HILL              TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97    MAURY                         FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0215 AM     2N SPRING HILL           TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97    WILLIAMSON                    FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0310 AM     5W DOVER                 TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97    STEWART                       REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0347 AM   5N GALLATIN                TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  SUMNER                          MANY TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0410 AM   SUGARTREE                    TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  BENTON                              FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                              BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0410 AM   SUGARTREE                    TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  BENTON                              FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                              BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0415 AM   WAVERLY                      TN     .75 HAIL
03/01/97  HUMPHREYS                           REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                              ENFORCEMENT

0420 AM   WESTMORELAND                 TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  SUMNER                              MOBILE HOME DAMAGED AND ROOF
                                              BLOWN OFF HOME. REPORTED BY
                                              LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0445 AM    NRN MACON                   TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   MACON                              FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                              LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TROUTMAN
Local storm report, Mar 1, 4:26 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
300 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0105 AM    5SW WAYNESBORO            TN   WIND DAMAGE AND 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0140 AM    5E WAYNESBORO             TN   TORNADO
03/01/97   WAYNE                          TWO INJURIES AND SEVERAL MOBILE
                                          HOMES DAMAGED/DESTROYED. TWO
                                          HOMES DAMAGED AND SEVERAL
                                          VEHICLES AND TREES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
0142 AM    NW LAWRENCE               TN   TORNADO
03/01/97   LAWRENCE                       ONE HOME DESTROYED AND
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0200 AM     NAPIER                   TN   TORNADO
03/01/97    LEWIS                         SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED AND A
                                          BARN DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0212 AM     SPRING HILL              TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97    MAURY                         FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0215 AM     2N SPRING HILL           TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97    WILLIAMSON                    FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0310 AM     5W DOVER                 TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97    STEWART                       REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0347 AM   5N GALLATIN                TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  SUMNER                          MANY TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0410 AM   SUGARTREE                  TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  BENTON                            FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                            BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0410 AM   SUGARTREE                  TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  BENTON                            FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                            BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0415 AM   WAVERLY                    TN     .75 HAIL
03/01/97  HUMPHREYS                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                            ENFORCEMENT

0420 AM   WESTMORELAND               TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  SUMNER                            MOBILE HOME DAMAGED AND ROOF
                                            BLOWN OFF HOME. REPORTED BY
                                            LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0445 AM    NRN MACON                 TN     WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   MACON                            FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                            LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TROUTMAN
Local storm report, Mar 1, 4:27 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
300 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0105 AM    5SW WAYNESBORO            TN   WIND DAMAGE AND 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/01/97   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0140 AM    5E WAYNESBORO             TN   TORNADO
03/01/97   WAYNE                          TWO INJURIES AND SEVERAL MOBILE
                                          HOMES DAMAGED/DESTROYED. TWO
                                          HOMES DAMAGED AND SEVERAL
                                          VEHICLES AND TREES DOWNED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
0142 AM    NW LAWRENCE               TN   TORNADO
03/01/97   LAWRENCE                       ONE HOME DESTROYED AND
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0200 AM     NAPIER                   TN   TORNADO
03/01/97    LEWIS                         SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED AND A
                                          BARN DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0212 AM     SPRING HILL              TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97    MAURY                         FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0215 AM     2N SPRING HILL           TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97    WILLIAMSON                    FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0310 AM     5W DOVER                 TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97    STEWART                       REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0347 AM   5N GALLATIN                TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  SUMNER                          MANY TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0410 AM   SUGARTREE                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  BENTON                          FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0410 AM   SUGARTREE                  TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  BENTON                          FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0415 AM   WAVERLY                    TN   .75 HAIL
03/01/97  HUMPHREYS                       REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0420 AM   WESTMORELAND               TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97  SUMNER                          MOBILE HOME DAMAGED AND ROOF
                                          BLOWN OFF HOME. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0445 AM    NRN MACON                 TN   WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97   MACON                          FEW TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TROUTMAN
Local storm report, Mar 1, 4:40 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
TNZ-005-006-012315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
HAVE EXPIRED...
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO KENTUCKY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THROUGH SUNDAY.

TROUTMAN
Local storm report, Mar 1, 4:44 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TNZ-005-006-012315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
HAVE EXPIRED...
THE SHOWERS ANDL THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED NORTH INTO KENTUCKY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THROUGH SUNDAY.

TROUTMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXStewart52 min
Mar 1, 9:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery3 hr
Mar 1, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery35 min
Mar 1, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton33 min
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys45 min
Mar 1, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson51 min
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Robertson4 hr
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys4 hr
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner4 hr
Mar 1, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur46 min
Mar 1, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner67 min
Mar 1, 10:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys53 min
Mar 1, 11:04 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDecatur41 min
Mar 1, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton32 min
Mar 1, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry51 min
Mar 1, 11:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart6 hr
Mar 1, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman43 min
Mar 1, 11:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner6 hr
Mar 1, 11:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery6 hr
Mar 2, 12:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry48 min
Mar 2, 12:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Wilson6 hr
Mar 2, 2:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur4 hr
Mar 2, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart6 hr
Mar 2, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson6 hr
Mar 2, 3:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton6 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 1 more8 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Robertson, Sumner8 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBenton, Decatur, Perry8 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson8 hr
Mar 2, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Moore8 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson12 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne12 hr
Mar 2, 5:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXBedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Macon, Sumner12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHickman, Williamson12 hr
Mar 2, 5:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry12 hr

Nearby

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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.