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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Nashville, TN

March 1, 1997Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 4:37 AM CST for Benton 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, 4:37 AM CST (10:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 7:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1997-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 535 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 1997-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 011041
FFWBNA
TNC005-011345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
437 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 435 AM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING LARGE  AMOUNTS OF RAINFA
OVER BENTON COUNTY THE LAST 3 HOURS. THIS HAS PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR BENTON 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson38 min
Mar 1, 12:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne54 min
Mar 1, 1:04 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne26 min
Mar 1, 1:13 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis47 min
Mar 1, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury49 min
Mar 1, 2:13 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson47 min
Mar 1, 2:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart41 min
Mar 1, 2:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson52 min
Mar 1, 2:55 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson65 min
Mar 1, 2:58 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWayne62 min
Mar 1, 3:34 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXLawrence56 min
Mar 1, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner28 min
Mar 1, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Decatur35 min
Mar 1, 3:59 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys61 min
Mar 1, 4:09 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner36 min
Mar 1, 4:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson61 min
Mar 1, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur42 min
Mar 1, 5:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDickson, Humphreys3 hr
Mar 1, 5:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXDecatur3 hr
Mar 1, 5:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson26 min
Mar 1, 6:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Robertson, Sumner3 hr
Mar 1, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPerry65 min
Mar 1, 7:10 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry50 min
Mar 1, 7:17 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDecatur43 min
Mar 1, 7:21 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman54 min
Mar 1, 8:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson40 min
Mar 1, 10:24 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
Mar 1, 1:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXStewart3 hr
Mar 1, 1:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOHXMontgomery3 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.