Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 5, 1997, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 1997, 5:15 AM CST

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Humphreys County, TN

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
407 AM CST WED MAR 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
 
   ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY
 
AT 4:05 AM DOPPLER RADAR AT NASHVILLE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWNS OF WAVERLY...HURRICANE
MILLS...AND TRINITY WILL BE AFFECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 5, 2:57 AM CST, 1 hour 10 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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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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