Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 5:11 AM CST (11:11 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 8:15 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dickson County, TN, Humphreys County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
511 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...DICKSON COUNTY...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY
 
AT 510 AM CST...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA FROM
CAMDEN...TO PARSONS...THEN FURTHER NORTHEAST TO THE WAVERLY AND DICKSON
SINCE 2 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE AREA...WITH FLASH FLOODING
EXPECTED.
 
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 R|ISING.
 
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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 1:55 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
155 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

NOT ALOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT MODEL DATA AS TORNADO WARNINGS ARE OUT
OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MID TN.  ONE HOUSE DESTROYED IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST LAWRENCE COUNTY.

700 MB SPEED MAX PUNCHING ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST SOUTH OF
MEM AND EXPECT THIS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING OFF SEVERE WX IN
MID STATE.

THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MID STATE FOR
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS MODELS DUMP ALOT OF PRECIP ON
MID STATE NEXT 48 HRS.

BNA RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY IS 78.

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

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