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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Nashville, TN

April 4, 2008Bedford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT for Bedford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 6:39 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity: Minor

County Bedford County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS44 KOHX 041815
FLWOHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 
115 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR 
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

  GARRISON FORK NEAR WARTRACE AFFECTING BEDFORD COUNTY

.RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF 
THEIR BANKS THIS AFTERNOON. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HAZARD THROUGH 
THIS EVENING.

AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...AND MOVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO HIGHER 
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO PASS...EVEN IN TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEB 
PAGE AT HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OHX.

TNC003-042339-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FL.W.0004.080404T1815Z-080404T2339Z/
/WTTT1.1.ER.080404T1607Z.080404T1700Z.080404T1739Z.NO/
115 PM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GARRISON FORK NEAR WARTRACE
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THIS EVENING
* AT 1PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...8.7 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET 
* THE RIVER WILL CREST THIS AFTERNOON THEN FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* AT 8.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO FLOW OVER THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON BUGSCUFFLE 
  ROAD. THIS CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE AND MOTORISTS SHOULD FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 4, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
114 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

.DISCUSSION...
FLOOD WATCH ACROSS THE PLATEAU WAS REPLACED WITH THE FLOOD ADVISORY.
WILL ISSUE UPDATE TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE. OTHERWISE...ONLY OTHER
CHANGE WILL BE TO REDUCE TSTM ACTIVITY DOWN TO ISOLATE COVERAGE.
CATEGORICAL POPS TO REMAIN FOR THE WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY.

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TN TO THE WEST OF THE PLATEAU UNTIL
9 AM SATURDAY.
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE PLATEAU UNTIL 9 AM SATURDAY.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 10:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1051 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE DICKSON            36.05N 87.34W
04/04/2008                   DICKSON            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE 911 CENTER REPORTED A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE
            INTERSECTION OF PAMONA ROAD AND OLD COLUMBIA ROAD IN
            SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY.

&&

ORCHANIAN

Local storm report, Apr 4, 11:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1131 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     FLOOD            ERIN                    36.32N 87.70W
04/04/2008                   HOUSTON            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO SCHOOL BUSSES STRANDED FOR A SHORT TIME WITHOUT
            CHILDREN. ONE BUS WAS ON LEWIS BRANCH ROAD, SOUTH OF
            TENNESSEE RIDGE. THE OTHER BUS WAS ON RYE HOLLOW ROAD, OR
            ABOUT 5.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIN. WATER CROSSING THE
            ROAD ON HIGHWAY 147 IN WESTERN HOUSTON CO. STATE RT. 46N,
            JUST NORTH OF ST. RT. 13, IN THE SPRING HILL AREA HAD
            WATER ACROSS ROAD DUE TO CLOGGED CULVERTS. BUCKEYE ROAD
            HAD HIGH WATER.MAPLE ST. IN ERIN WAS IMPASSABLE.

&&

ORCHANIAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 2:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 4, 4:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Sumner	6 hr
Apr 4, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys	46 min
Apr 4, 4:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Giles, Hickman and 12 more	4 hr
Apr 4, 5:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Montgomery, Robertson	37 hr
Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, DeKalb and 21 more	24 hr
Apr 4, 9:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Giles, Grundy and 8 more	116 days
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	22 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	22 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	22 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Wayne	24 days
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Decatur	4 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Benton, Decatur, Hardin, Perry	24 days
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	11 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	11 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	34 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Montgomery	58 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	4 days
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury	34 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	62 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	22 hr
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham	43 hr
Apr 4, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Decatur	6 days

Nearby

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Sources

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