Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jan 22, 1999, 11:31 PM CST (05:31 UTC)

Expired

Jan 23, 1999, 5:30 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1131 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  COFFEE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  DEKALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  PICKETT COUNTY IN EASTERN TENNESSEE
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 1120 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING
  VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

* 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
  WARNED AREA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1
  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL
  ALLOW SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. WATER
  COVERING MANY ROADS WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM. FLOODING HAS BEEN
  WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING. SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.

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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 22, 8:25 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
825 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

CONVECTION HS BEEN RELENTLESS IF NOT SVR.  RAFL AMTS HVY IN PLACES W/
NR INCH/HR RPTD.  SOME MORE/EXTNDD FFWS MAY BE NEEDED.  TEMPS HOLDING
ARND 60 ALL WAY BACK TO WRN TN.  SEE NO NEED FOR CHGS TO CURRENT FCST
(ALTHO WND ADVY MAY BE UNWARRANTED FOR PLATEAU).

MAG

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
810 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

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

540 PM     FLINTVILLE                TN   WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99   LINCOLN                        COUNTY EMA REPORTED
                                          ONE OUTBUILDING DESTROYED.

END/ORCHANIAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
930 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR WESTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
   TENNESSEE UNTIL 1 AM CST...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR MIDSTATE...

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT PROMPTED
SOME SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS SHIFTED
EAST INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  THIS LINE STILL HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
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THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT WILL BE FLOODING.
MUCH OF THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSTATE REMAIN UNDER FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS...AND AS THE HEAVY RAINS SPREAD EAST DURING THE NIGHT...
THE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE EXPANDED EAST AS WELL.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR MEDIA
SOURCES...SUCH AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GIRODO

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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