Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Jun 21, 2000, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Trousdale County, TN

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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WGUS54 KOHX 220145
FFWOHX
TNC027-087-111-169-220445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
842 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  TROUSDALE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARTSVILLE

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 834 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER TROUSDALE COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY CLOUTY.

AREA STREAM AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY APPROACH BANKFULL IN THIS AREA
WITH PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS.

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.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

$$

JLM

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 21, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
230 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2000

CURRENTLY...CONVECTION...WITH VERY LITTLE LIGHTNING...HAS AFFECTED
WHAT AMOUNTS TO BE THE SE HALF OF FA THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS IS
ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROF/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH MOVED ACROSS
THIS MORNING.  LATEST SURFACE ANLYSIS SHOWS WHAT REMAINS OF PREVIOUS
FRONT IS OVER WRN TN WITH A LO BETWEEN PAH AND BWG.  ATTENDANT RAIN/SHRA
FAIRLY PERVASIVE INTO SE AR.  TEMPS HAVE REACHED UPPER 80S IN SOME
LOCALES...SUCH AS HERE AT WFO.

FORECAST...ALL MODELS SIMILAR IN FORECASTING RAIN TONITE ALTHO
SHOULD BEGIN TO SLACKEN FROM NW EARLY.  VORT MAX WRN KY TODAY GIVES
WAY TO STRONGER ONE NEAR LIT TONITE...WHICH MOVES TO NEAR TUP BY 12Z
THU...AND THEN DIVES ESE.  BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL THEREFORE BE
OVER S-SE...WITH DRYING TAKING PLACE FROM NW TOMORROW AFTER A MOSTLY
CLOUDY START.  SOMEWHAT LESS MUGGY WEATHER WILL FOLLOW...BUT DAYTIME
TEMPS WILL STILL SOAR....UGH

AS FOR TEMPS...AM IN AGRREMENT WITH NGM MOS FOR MOST PART.

BNA BU 71/92/68/95 5101
CSV BU 66/85/60/89 5301

.BNA...NONE.

MAG

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE,TN
629 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2000

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

0545 PM    2 E DECHERD               TN   ?? MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/21/00   FRANKLIN                       TOP OF BARN BLOWN OFF
                                          TREES UPROOTED POWER LINES
                                          DOWN ;

Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.