Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jan 22, 1999, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)

Expired

Jan 22, 1999, 6:20 PM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Montgomery County, TN

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
  WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 620 PM CST

* AT 300 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  EXTENSIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER
  WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN COUNTIES JUST EAST OF THE
  TENNESSEE RIVER. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
  IN THE PAST 3 HOURS WITH RAIN CONTINUING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE
  RAINFALL TAPERS OFF.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!
REMEMBER..WATER OVER ROADWAYS MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK OR
COULD HAVE WASHED OUT THE ROAD SURFACE.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE
TO STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME RAGING TORRENTS IN
A MATTER OF MINUTES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER THREATENS.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 22, 2:45 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

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

FCST CNCRNS...SEVERITY OF STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...

BAND OF STORMS CRNTLY KNOCKING AT THE DOWNTOWN BNA DOOR. THIS BAND
KEEPING ITS MAINLY N-S ORIENTATION AS THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS MV NNE
AT 45 MPH. THINKING IS THAT THIS BAND WL ASSUME A TRUE N-S
ORIENTATION...MAYBE EVEN NNW-SSE SHAPE BY EARLY TMRW AS UPR TROF
BECOMES TILTED. TRAINING OF CELLS AND SLOW MVMNT OF LINE WL MAKE
FOR MORE OF A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. FFG NUMBERS
SHOULD BE MET OVER A GUD AREA ALONG EASTERN EDGE OF WATCH AREA AND
WEST FROM THERE. SO FFW RECMNDED TONIGHT THROUGH TMRW.

UPR TROF OPENS UP AND WHOLE SYSTEM SHUD BEGIN TO PICK UP SPEED AND
SCOOT THROUGH. THE BAND OF PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS MUCH OF
MD TN BY AFTERNOON TMRW AND ACROSS THE PLATEAU AREAS TOWARD TMRW
EVE. THIS PTRN/FFW SGSTNS REFLECTED IN BNAZFP. TEMPS DO NOT APPEAR
TO BE A PROB AS MOST AREAS SHUD BE IN SIMILAR READINGS FROM TROP
AIR MASS. THE ONLY HITCH IN TEMPS WL BE THE TIMING OF DRY FRONTAL
PASSAGE/PRECIP ENDING. WINDS SHUD GO WEST EARLY TMRW IN WSTRN CWA AND
TWRD EVE W/ ENDING OF PRECIP ACRS PLATEAU.

THUNDER NOW OCCURRING OVR BNA. WRKZONES TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY.

THANKS...

DICKSON 15

In the hours before

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

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

121 PM                               TN   TREES AND POWER LINES
01/22/99   DECATUR                        DOWN...SHINGLES BLOWN
                                          OFF ROOFS IN SOUTHERN
                                          DECATUR COUNTY
                                          REPORTED BY POLICE

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