Tornado Warning 31, NWS Nashville, TN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1245 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1999

OBVIOUS FORECAST CONCERNS...DEALING WITH ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT AND ALSO TOMORROW. FLOODING POSSIBILITIES TONIGHT AND THE
QUESTION OF SEVERITY OF THE STORMS.

GOOD EARLY MORNING UPDATE...AS LOOKS LIKE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR
ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO FIRE UP ALONG/NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A SFC LOW RIDES NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG
THE SFC FRONT. INSTABILITY...JETS AND MOISTURE ALL LINING UP IN THIS
SAME VICINITY AND APPEARS WE HAVE OUR FIRST HINT OF THIS FROM STORMS
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. EARLY MORNING RUC PERFORMING WELL AND LAYS OUT
THIS SCENARIO. AVN WHICH HAS HAD A DECENT TRACK RECORD...BULLS-EYES
THE MISSISSIPPI RVR TOO AND WILL INCORPORATE MOST OF AVN SOLUTION
INTO REMAINING DISCUSSION.

FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WOULD EXPECT SOME SCATTERED STORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON FROM INSTABILITY AND BIT OF SUN...HOWEVER DO NOT FEEL THAT
THERE WILL BE TOO MANY. THIS BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE SOME DOWNWARD
VERT VELOC COMPONENT BETWEEN THE SOON TO BE STORMS WEST AND THE
EARLY AM SHOWERS AND T-STORMS IN EAST TN AND THE DRYING THAT HAS
OCCURRED BEHING EARLY AM RAIN. THIS DRYING SHOWN BY THE RAPID
WEAKENING OF THE STORM IN NORTHERN MS.

THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT FIRE UP WEST WILL
PROGRESS EASTWARD THIS EVENING VIA SOUTH SOUTHWEST FLOW. THE BAND OF
RAINFALL TONIGHT SHOULD ITSELF SLIDE A BIT SLOWER EASTWARD THAN THE
STORMS THEMSELVES AMD WITH THE MORNING RAINFALL...OF AROUND AN INCH
OR MORE IN MANY PLACES ACROSS CWA...WOULD BE GOOD IDEA TO CONTINUE
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT EXTENDING FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TO AT LEAST NRN PLATEAU WHERE STP FROM 88-D SHOWING VARIOUS
SPOTS OF INCH RAINFALL. WILL MAKE DECISION ON THIS WITH XMITTAL OF
BNAZFP. NOW FOR SEVERITY...I THINK THAT WITH ALL OF THE JETS LINING
UP OUT TO THE WEST...THEN ROUNDING THE UPPER TROF AND HEADING DUE
NORTH. THIS NORTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE JET FEATURES ALSO DRAG WITH IT
THE BEST UVV WITH THE SYSTEM. MID TN WILL NOT ENTER A FAVORABLE JET
REGIME THAT WOULD LEAD TO ANY WIDESPREAD SEVERITY SO AT THIS POINT
LOOKS LIKE MORE OF A FLOOD THREAT FOR THE CWA WITH THE LEAST THREAT
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.

HERE IS WHERE THE NEXT FORECAST QUESTION LIES...

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CWA BY 12Z THURS.
DRY AIR ABV 10KFT SET IN...HOWEVER FROM THE SFC UP TO 700MB WILL BE
QUITE MOIST (ACCORDING TO THE ETA AND NGM) AND FORECAST SOUNDING
INDICATES UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO REMAIN IN THE AREA. THE SFC BOUNDARY
WILL SEEMINGLY WASH OUT ACROSS THE AREA...OR STALL OUT THROUGH MID
TN. THIS SFC TD/CONVERGNCE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO INDUCE
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND T-STROMS TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THEM INTO AT
LEAST THE EVENING FOR AREAS MAINLY IN THE EASTERN CWA. THUS NGM MOS
POPS REASONABLE. THE AVN DIFFERS FROM THE ETA AND NGM IN THAT IT
TRIES TO SWEEP THE SFC BOUNDARY THROUGH MOST OF MD TN. THEREFORE
LESS CHANCES OF ANYTHING DEVELOPING TOMORROW. FOR THIS DILEMMA I
WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE...WITH A SLIGHT LEAN TOWARD THE AVN. MAYBE
A 30 POP MIDDLE TO 50 OR 60 PLATEAU.

HERE ARE THE PRElLIM NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION USE ONLY...

BNA 68/75 59/75 15+64
CSV 66/74 57/74 15864

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1999

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
...SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A THREAT TO THE MID STATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
DALE HOLLOW LAKE TO CENTER HILL LAKE TO TULLAHOMA.

A POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI AND
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS TONIGHT. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL INDUCE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT AND
EARLY THIS MORNING...THE STAGE WILL BE SET FOR POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. AREAS ACROSS FAR WESTERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE WILL BE MORE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING...WHERE RAINFALL HAS
BEEN HEAVIER SINCE LAST NIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO WESTERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE THIS EVENING...THEN PROGRESS EASTWARD...REACHING THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE AS CONDUCIVE TO TORNADIC STORMS AS IN
OKLAHOMA...KANSAS AND ARKANSAS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...
ISOLATED TORNADOS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY THREAT HOWEVER
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK
PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK
ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

MID STATE RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP A LOOKOUT ON THE WEATHER...
ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR ANOTHER RELIABLE MEDIA SOURCE
...FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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