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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Nashville, TN

June 29, 1997Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1997, 6:57 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wayne County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 29, 1997, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1997-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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 1997-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 292358
FFWBNA
TNC099-181-300400-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
657 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
THUNDESTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINS...HAVE SOAKED PARTS OF WAYNE AND
LAWRENCE COUNTIES ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS ARE EXPECTED AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING. BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM
CDT...NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS
OF EASTERN WAYNE AND WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES ALONG HIGHWAY
64.
 
IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH
FLOODING YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH nCAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence2 hr
Jun 28, 10:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWayne3 hr
Jun 28, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne34 min
Jun 28, 11:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXGiles3 hr
Jun 28, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXLawrence3 hr
Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford60 min
Jun 29, 6:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXWhite4 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.