Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jun 17, 2000, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Giles County, TN, Lawrence County, TN

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WGUS54 KOHX 180054 COR
FFWBNA
TNC055-099-180345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
750 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULASKI
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN 
  GILES  AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES.

DOPPER RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THESE 
AREAS EARLIER PRODUCED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW 
THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

TO REPORT SEVERE WEAT\HER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
NASHVILLE.
...CORRECTED FOR TYPO AND TO ADD THE WORD RAIN...
$$
STEIGERWALDT

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 17, 1:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
130 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 2000

MIDDLE TN TO REMAIN IN MOIST, UNSTABLE AIR MASS NEXT FEW DAYS.
MEANWHILE, SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT OVER OHIO RIVER VALLEY GETS A
GENTLE NUDGE FROM WEAK SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF MEAN TROUGH BACK
OVER THE PLAINS. AS A RESULT, WEAK LOW FORMS ALONG BOUNDARY OVER NRN
KY TONIGHT, THEN SCOOTS EAST INTO VIRGINIA ON SUNDAY. THIS DRAGS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EVER CLOSER TO MIDDLE TN, AND PUTS IT NEAR KY/TN
LINE BY MIDDAY SUNDAY.

PWA'S STAY QUITE HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY AND NGM EVEN SENDS LYR PWA'S
TO BETWEEN 2" AND 2.25" OVER MOST OF OUR FA BY 00Z MONDAY.

WITH ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE SO TROPICAL, EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
TO BE THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREAT NEXT 48 HOURS. SEVERE THREAT
SHOULD REMAIN MINIMAL, WITH ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED.  MOST OF OUR AREA SHOULD RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE HALF
AND ONE INCH OF RAIN ON SUNDAY, WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 2"
OR MORE (DUE TO CONVECTIVE TRAINING). THUS, WILL PROBABLY MENTION
"HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE" FOR 2ND PD.

MODELS ARE DIFFERENT IN THEIR HANDLING OF CDFNT MOVEMENT AFTER
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHEREAS NGM SFC WND PATTERN SUGGESTS SWD
PENETRATION TO AT LEAST I-40, THE CORRESPONDING MOS DATA (WIND
AND DWPT) GIVES LITTLE REASON TO HOPE FOR A TRUE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
ETA ALSO SUGGESTS ONLY MINIMAL SOUTHWARD PENETRATION OF FRONT,
KEEPING IT PARKED NR OUR EXTREME NRN COUNTIES THROUGH 12Z MONDAY.

EXPECT SOME DIMINISHING OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVER OUR NRN AND
WRN COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT, AS DEEPEST MOISTURE SAGS SWD. MEANWHILE,
OUR SRN AND ERN COUNTIES WILL LIKELY REMAIN VULNERABLE TO CONTINUED
CONVECTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS SRN COUNTIES MONDAY, WHERE CHC OF A
FRONTAL PASSAGE IS LOWEST, AND KEEP AT LEAST SML POPS IN NORTH
(DUE TO ONLY MODEST CONFIDENCE IN FNTL PENETRATION THERE).

MODEL TEMP FCSTS ARE ALL SIMILAR THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, AND WILL
PROBABLY GO WITH A COMPROMISE ON MAX TEMPS FOR MONDAY (DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY OF AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS).

BNA TT 071/082/070/085 068 19794
CSV TT 069/081/068/083 066 19594

.BNA...NONE.
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