Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 5, 1997, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 1997, 9:45 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dickson County, TN, Montgomery County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 AM CST WED MAR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DICKSON COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...STEWART COUNTY
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 6:41 AM DOPPLER RADAR AT NASHVILLE CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS MOVING GENERALLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS HAVE DUMPED UP TO
3.2 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME PLACES ALREADY THIS MORNING AS STORMS
CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THE WEST. THIS RAIN IS
FALLING ON GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAIN.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.0  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.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 5, 2:57 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION                   ...UPDATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
245 AM CST WED MAR 5 1997

HAVING HAD TIME TO ASSESS RAINFALL POTENTIAL BELIEVE WE NEED TO
ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATBCH FOR MID STATE FOR TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH ONE INCH ACROSS PARTS OF MID STATE
BETWEEN DAYBREAK AND THIS EVENING.

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

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