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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Nashville, TN

May 3, 2009Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2009, 10:41 AM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 4, 2009, 12:41 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2009, 10:41 AM CDT (15:41 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2009, 12:41 AM CDT
Expired: May 5, 2009, 3:16 AM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Duck River near Shelbyville (SHVT1). The gauge peaked at 25.73 ft at May 4, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 27.5 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03598000, 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 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 May 3, 9:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 9:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 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, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Decatur, Hardin, Perry, Wayne	3 days
May 2, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford	60 hr
May 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	36 hr
May 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	36 hr
May 3, 11:43 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Marshall	36 hr
May 3, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Cumberland	33 min
May 3, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	White	5 hr
May 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2009 Every river flood warning 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.