Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Mar 19, 2003, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2003, 4:15 PM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Warren County, TN, White County, TN

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TNC177-185-192215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
212 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCMINNVILLE
  WHITE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPARTA

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 207 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AND SPOTTERS REPORTED              
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SPARTA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCMINNVILLE
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL RATES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE         
  AROUND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR BETWEEN 130 PM AND 200 PM CST.     

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. 

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 600 PM CST. 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO 
WARNING. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...GO TO A SAFE 
PLACE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME.
&&

LAT...LON 3607 8562 3555 8595 3555 8565 3582 8548
          3597 8527

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Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.