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River Flood Advisory 22, NWS Nashville, TN

May 16, 20094 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 16, 2009, 8:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2009, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2009, 7:20 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Perry County, TN, Wayne County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tennessee River at Clifton (CLNT1).

Action stage: 364 ft
Minor stage: 370 ft
Moderate stage: 376 ft
Major stage: 385 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 advisory went out at May 16, 4:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
517 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-171030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
517 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. GUSTY WIND AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR...WHICH MAY LEAD TO STANDING
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE BRIEF AND ISOLATED NATURE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 3:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 5:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 11:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb and 19 more	10 hr
May 16, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Perry	45 min
May 16, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson	26 min
May 16, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Williamson	56 min
May 16, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury	26 min
May 16, 2:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	3 hr
May 16, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Maury	29 min
May 16, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Rutherford	25 min
May 16, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Trousdale, Wilson	22 min
May 16, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Putnam	31 min
May 16, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Clay, Jackson	29 min
May 16, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Jackson, Overton, Putnam	32 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2009 Every river flood advisory in 2009

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.