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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 1997Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 11:41 PM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 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, 11:41 PM CST (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 5:45 AM CST
In force
6 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, 5.7 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 020543
FFWBNA
TNC161-021145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1141 PM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...STEWART COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS STEWART COUNTY.
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH EVACUATION
IN STEWART COUNTY.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
BOYD
 
 
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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, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 7:45 PM CST, 3 hours 56 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:49 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
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, 11:47 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

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

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.