Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 1, 1997, 6:12 AM CST (12:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 1997, 9:15 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cheatham County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KBNA 011214
FFWBNA
TNC021-147-165-011515-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
612 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...CHEATHAM COUNTY...ROBERTSON COUNTY...SUMNER COUNTY
 
AT 610 AM CST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2
AND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CHEATHAM...ROBERTSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES
SINCE 3 AM CST.
 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  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.
 
 
BOYD

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 1, 1:55 AM CST, 4 hours 17 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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In the hours before

TNZ005>011-022>033-055>065-075>082-093>098-011300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
602 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS EXPIRED.
THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE
AREA.

TROUTMAN

TNZ005>011-022>033-055>065-075>082-093>098-011300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
602 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS EX<PIRED.
THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE
AREA.

TROUTMAN

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.