Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Nashville, TN

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

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