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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Nashville, TN

May 1, 2009Cheatham County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 1, 2009, 8:31 PM CDT for Cheatham County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2009, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 8:26 AM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Cheatham County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Harpeth River near Kingston Springs (KINT1). The gauge peaked at 17.15 ft at May 2, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03434500, 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 1, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
350 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SFC HIGH PRES IN THE CNTL PLAINS WL CONTINUE TO PUSH A COLD FRONT
INTO MID TN TONIGHT. FRONT WL PULL UP STATIONARY. PERIODS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP TONIGHT.

SFC HIGH PRES MOVES ACR THE OH VLY SAT WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH ALONG STATIONARY FRONT. MODELS AGREEMENT
WITH INVERTED TROUGHING ALONG STALLED FRONT SAT NIGHT-SUN ACR MID
TN.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LIKELY SAT NIGHT-SUN. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF THREE TO SIX INCHES EXPECTED. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IF LATER
MODELS HOLD THIS TREND. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING
SAT NIGHT-SUN. FLASH FLOOD OR HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK (MEMESFOHX) SENT
TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN. FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED.

PCPN CHANCE DECREASES MON AS SYS MOVES EAST. DRY PERIOD MON EVENING
INTO WED MORNING...BEFORE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES IN WED NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE      61  68  58  68 /  80  80  80  90
CLARKSVILLE    60  66  55  66 /  90  80  90 100
CROSSVILLE     61  68  59  68 /  70  80  90  80
COLUMBIA       62  72  61  72 /  70  70  70  80
LAWRENCEBURG   63  75  63  74 /  70  60  60  70
WAVERLY        60  67  58  67 /  80  80  80  90

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

04

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
544 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021030-
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-
544 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SWEEPING ACROSS THE AREA WILL GENERATE
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING HAIL OR WINDS.
HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DROP SOUTHEASTWARD
ON SATURDAY AND BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE MIDSTATE. THE FRONT
IN COMBINATION WITH UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SWEEPING ACROSS THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS WILL GENERATE A SLIGHT RISK OFF SEVERE
STORMS THIS WEEKEND. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ALSO TEND TO
CONCENTRATE RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES
THIS WEEKEND. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND
DUE TO THE CONTINUING THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

17/MAG

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 4:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
436 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 NW PULASKI           35.32N 87.18W
05/01/2009                   GILES              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ALONG HWY 166...BARN...POWER LINES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN
            IN NW GILES CO. CHURCH DAMAGED AS WELL.

&&

JCOHEN

Local storm report, May 1, 4:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     14 NW LAWRENCEBURG      35.39N 87.51W
05/01/2009                   LAWRENCE           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR NAPIER...TREES DOWN...TREE DOWN ON A DOUBLE
            WIDE...TRACTOR TRAYLOR BLOWN OVER

&&

21

Local storm report, May 1, 5:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
505 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     14 SW COLUMBIA          35.48N 87.22W
05/01/2009                   MAURY              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE SW PART OF COUNTY

&&

21

Local storm report, May 1, 5:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
510 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0155 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SW CENTERVILLE       35.69N 87.58W
05/01/2009                   HICKMAN            TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

&&

21

Local storm report, May 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
619 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0610 PM     FLOOD            1 N SPRINGFIELD         36.51N 86.88W
05/01/2009                   ROBERTSON          TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING ALONG HWY 431 NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD WITH WATER
            COVERING THE ROAD IN MANY AREAS.

&&

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Local storm report, May 1, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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 2, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	30 min
May 2, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	33 min
May 2, 2:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Perry	4 hr
May 2, 3:17 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	48 hr
May 2, 3:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	4 hr
May 2, 4:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Coffee	4 hr
May 2, 5:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman	7 days
May 2, 5:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Wayne	4 hr
May 2, 6:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Perry	3 days
May 2, 7:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Grundy, Van Buren	82 min
May 2, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Humphreys	50 hr
May 2, 11:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Maury	5 days
May 2, 12:01 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford	36 hr
May 2, 12:01 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence	36 hr
May 2, 12:01 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford	9 hr
May 2, 12:01 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	9 hr
May 2, 6:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Marshall	16 hr
May 2, 6:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Lawrence	16 hr

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.