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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

May 6, 2009Bedford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2009, 10:48 AM CDT for Bedford County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 6, 2009, 1:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 78 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2009, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2009, 1:19 PM CDT
Expired
May 6, 2009, 2:37 PM CDT
In force
78 min
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 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 6, 2:58 AM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:58 AM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
507 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

TNZ011-022-024-032-034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030-
PICKETT-BENTON-HUMPHREYS-PUTNAM-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
507 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE FOLLOWING WEATHER HAZARD(S) ARE IN EFFECT...

FLOOD WATCH

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/OHX
OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER STALLED FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

TNZ005>010-023-025>031-033-071030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-HOUSTON-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-OVERTON-
507 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES
OF RAINFALL TODAY. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER STALLED FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE. NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

04

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 6:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
607 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

TNZ005-006-022>026-056>061-075-093>095-061315-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-
PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-BEDFORD-WAYNE-
LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...SHELBYVILLE...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...
PULASKI
607 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO WEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS WEST MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. A WARM FRONT IN SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL MOVE
NORTH AND INCREASE RAINFALL RATES. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARE TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

04
Special weather statement, May 6, 9:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
929 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

TNZ075-077-061530-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER
929 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

...STRONG STORMS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF BEDFORD AND COFFEE COUNTIES...

AT 925 AM CDT...STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD
SOUTHERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHWEST COFFEE COUNTIES. WE ARE MONITORING
THIS ACTIVITY CLOSELY. TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HUNTSVILLE FOR LINCOLN AND
MOORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

IF YOU LIVE IN BEDFORD AND COFFEE COUNTIES STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY.

BOYD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 11:21 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry57 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2009Every 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.