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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Nashville, TN

April 16, 1998Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT for Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 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: Apr 16, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Marion County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBNA 170000
FFWBNA
TNC003-031-051-055-061-099-101-103-115-117-119-127-181-170200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
659 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  GRUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
* NUMEROUS CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
 TRAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN FLOODING CAN BE HARD TO DETECT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 16, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
215 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

FEW SPRCELLS CURRNTLY CROSSG FA THIS AFTN.  LATEST SFC ANAL PLACES
CDFNT MEM VCNTY DOWN TO NR SHV.  AMS RMNS PLENTY CONDUCIVE FOR ADDTNL
SVR WX WELL INTO ERY EVENG.  DO HWEVR XPCT FOCUS TO SHIFT TO SRN CNTYS
AND DOWN INTO NRN MS/AL AS EVNG PROGRESSES.  ALL MDLS AGREE CDNFT SHUD
E OF CWA BY 12Z FRI.  IN THE MEAN TIME COMBIND WITH PSBLTY OF MORE
SVR TSTMS...FLASH FLDG MAY ALSO BECM PROBLEM.  PWS RMN 1-1.5 THRU 12Z
AND W/ CDFNT JUST SQUEEKG ALONG...TRAING AFFECT MAY OCCUR AS CNVCTN
FM S IS STEERD UP ALNG FNTL BNDRY.  FFA WUD BE A GUD IDEA TNGT.

MN MSTR AXIS WL MOV S AND E OF FA FRI AND LO-LVL RDG BHND SHUD KEEP
MST OF MRNG AND AFTN DRY.  MAY BE A FEW LINGR SHWRS BFO 14-15Z BUT
RMNDR OF DAY SHUD BE SETTLD.  DO XPCT SKIES TO RMN MSTLY CLDY/CLDY
HWEVR.

LOS FORMG OFF TX COAST FRI AFTN WL BEGIN FUNNELG DEEP MSTR BACK INTO THE
PLAINS WHICH WL SPRD INTO RGN FRI NGT/SAT.  DYNAMICS NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS
CURRNT SYSTM AT THIS TIME BUT PSBLTY OF TSTMS WILL BECM BETTR LATE SAT
AS SFC LO ADVANCES TWRD FA.  ATTM...MAYBE MRNG POPS NEEDD FRI...CHC
POPS FRI NGT AND AT LEAST GOOD CHC/LKLY SAT. 07

BNA 55/63/48/65 7136

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
534 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM    NASHVILLE                 TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       COUNTY EMA CONFIRMED
                                          TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AT 12TH
                                          AND CHARLOTTE AND 6TH AND
                                          UNION IN NASHVILLE

0450 PM    PLEASANT SHADE            TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   SMITH                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF

0500 PM    LUTTS                     TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WAYNE                          COUNTY SHERIFF CONFIRMED
                                          THE TORNADO
0520 PM    MADISON                   TN   1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
534 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM    NASHVILLE                 TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       COUNTY EMA CONFIRMED
                                          TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AT 12TH
                                          AND CHARLOTTE AND 6TH AND
                                          UNION IN NASHVILLE

0450 PM    PLEASANT SHADE            TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   SMITH                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF

0500 PM    LUTTS                     TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WAYNE                          COUNTY SHERIFF CONFIRMED
                                          THE TORNADO
0520 PM    MADISON                   TN   1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   DAVIDSON                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

STEIGERWALDT

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
640 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    DEERFIELD                 TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   LAWRENCE                       LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          CONFIRMED TORNADO.

0530 PM    EASTERN WAYNE             TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATORS

0535 PM    2E MOUNT JULIET           TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WILSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
0540 PM    GREEN HILLS               TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   WILSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL ELECTRIC
                                          COMPANY

0550 PM   DICKSON                    TN   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  DICKSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    DICKSON                   TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   DICKSON                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0555 PM    NRN CHEATHAM              TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   CHEATHAM                       NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM    4S COLUMBIA               TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   MAURY                          SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH
                                          DAMAGE AND 60 MPH WIND GUST.
0608 PM   2E OLD HICKORY             TN   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  WILSON                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0615 PM   GAINESBORO                 TN   SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  JACKSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    DICKSON                   TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   DICKSON                        WIDESPREAD FLOODING. REPORTED
                                          BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0555 PM    NRN CHEATHAM              TN   FLOODING
04/16/98   CHEATHAM                       NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM    4S COLUMBIA               TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   MAURY                          SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH
                                          DAMAGE AND 60 MPH WIND GUST.
0608 PM   2E OLD HICKORY             TN   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  WILSON                          REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0615 PM   GAINESBORO                 TN   SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
04/16/98  JACKSON                         REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
657 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0615 PM    GAINESBORO                TN   1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

TROUTMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	32 min
Apr 16, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Houston	34 min
Apr 16, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Montgomery	34 min
Apr 16, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	48 min
Apr 16, 5:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	35 min
Apr 16, 5:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	34 min
Apr 16, 5:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Benton	35 min
Apr 16, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Dickson	36 min
Apr 16, 6:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	35 min
Apr 16, 6:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	50 min
Apr 16, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	33 min
Apr 16, 6:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	34 min
Apr 16, 6:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	2 hr
Apr 16, 6:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	36 min
Apr 16, 6:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Wilson	48 min
Apr 16, 6:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner, Trousdale	46 min
Apr 16, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	51 min
Apr 16, 6:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	47 min
Apr 16, 7:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	48 min
Apr 16, 7:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith, Wilson	31 min
Apr 16, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Rutherford, Williamson	2 hr
Apr 16, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Smith, Wilson	2 hr
Apr 16, 8:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson	86 min
Apr 16, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	34 min
Apr 16, 8:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	33 min
Apr 16, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	33 min
Apr 16, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	White	46 min
Apr 16, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wilson	50 min
Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Putnam, White	3 hr
Apr 16, 8:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith	47 min
Apr 16, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	32 min
Apr 16, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Stewart	48 min
Apr 16, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	47 min
Apr 16, 9:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Bedford	32 min
Apr 16, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford	47 min
Apr 16, 10:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Montgomery	32 min
Apr 16, 10:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Robertson	48 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Decatur	47 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	47 min
Apr 16, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Van Buren, Warren	33 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	40 min
Apr 16, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman	59 min
Apr 16, 11:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	49 min
Apr 16, 11:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner	17 min
Apr 16, 11:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Macon	48 min
Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Williamson	75 min
Apr 16, 11:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Williamson	49 min
Apr 16, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson	63 min
Apr 16, 12:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson	50 min
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	2 hr
Apr 16, 1:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Wilson	44 min
Apr 16, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cannon	31 min
Apr 16, 1:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Rutherford	19 min
Apr 16, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	DeKalb	61 min
Apr 16, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Decatur	44 min
Apr 16, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	DeKalb	32 min
Apr 16, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	63 min
Apr 16, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson	61 min
Apr 16, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Decatur	46 min
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	51 min
Apr 16, 2:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Humphreys	35 min
Apr 16, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	50 min
Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	46 min
Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	48 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	61 min
Apr 16, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Humphreys	48 min
Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Decatur, Perry	50 min
Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry	51 min
Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton	46 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Sumner, Wilson	63 min
Apr 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	64 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	46 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Wayne	46 min
Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman	65 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Dickson	50 min
Apr 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Williamson	47 min
Apr 16, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Trousdale	62 min
Apr 16, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Davidson	46 min
Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cheatham	32 min
Apr 16, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Decatur	50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1998 Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.