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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Nashville, TN

March 2, 1997Stewart County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 1997, 10:03 AM CST for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 8 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 2, 1997, 10:03 AM CST (16:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Stewart County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 021611 RRA
FFWBNA
TNC021-037-043-081-083-085-111-125-135-147-161-165-187-005-039-
030000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1003 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...CHEATHAM COUNTY...DAVIDSON COUNTY...DICKSON COUNTY
   ...HICKMAN COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY...HUMPHREYS COUNTY...MACON COUNTY
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY...ROBERTSON COUNTY
   ...STEWART COUNTY...SUMNER COUNTY...WILLIAMSON COUNTY
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY...DECATUR COUNTY
 
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FR
TEXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT PRODUCING HE
YRAIN ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON SATURATED
GROUND...FLOODING WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...AND ALONG
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
 
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...AND
CREEKS...WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS DURING FLOODING.
 
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
TT

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, 11:41 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, 10:18 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

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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.