Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2009, 7:30 AM CDT for Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2009, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2009, 2:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Flood severity
- Major
County Stewart County, TN
The river
Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Dover (DOVT1).
- Action stage
- 62 ft
- Minor stage
- 66 ft
- Moderate stage
- 70 ft
- Major stage
- 72 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03437000, 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 9, 3:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 340 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... SFC HIGH PRES WORKING EAST OF THE ROCKIES ATTM. MODELS LOOK GOOD WITH STRONG PUSH OF SFC TROUGH/COLD FRONT SOUTH ACR MID TN TODAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE ALONG FRONT. ONE HOUR FFG VALUES AROUND ONE INCH...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON COUNTIES LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. FLASH FLOODING WL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THIS MORNING...INTO SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE MIDSTATE THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATE TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONFIGURATION WITH ROUTINE ISSUANCE. COLD FRONT WL CLEAR SOUTH MID TN THIS EVENING. LIKELY POPS REMAIN IN THE SOUTH WITH SOME OVERRUNNING. WL TIME BACK CLOUDS/POPS SUN- MON WITH LESS POST-FRONTAL MOISTURE. DRY MON NIGHT-TUE NIGHT. NEXT CHANCE OF PCPN WED-THU WITH NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM. SLIGHT COOLDOWN NEXT WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 73 55 70 52 / 90 40 20 30 CLARKSVILLE 72 52 70 49 / 70 30 10 20 CROSSVILLE 72 52 67 47 / 90 40 30 40 COLUMBIA 75 57 70 53 / 90 50 30 40 LAWRENCEBURG 76 58 70 53 / 80 60 40 40 WAVERLY 73 54 70 50 / 90 30 20 30 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR TNZ005>011-022>034- 056>066-075-077>080-093>095. && 04
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 5:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 527 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101030- 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- 527 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... A COLD FRONT WILL MARCH ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. 04
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 2:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
208 AM CDT SAT MAY 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 AM TSTM WND DMG 8 S CLARKSVILLE 36.45N 87.35W
05/09/2009 MONTGOMERY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...DAMAGE TO HOUSES
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MGIRODOLocal storm report, May 9, 4:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 AM CDT SAT MAY 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 AM FLASH FLOOD 10 NE DOVER 36.58N 87.72W
05/09/2009 STEWART TN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS HOMES FLOODED INDIAN MOUND COMMUNITY
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MGIRODOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:57 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Humphreys | 21 hr |
| May 8, 8:57 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery | 36 hr |
| May 8, 8:57 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 36 hr |
| May 8, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 31 min |
| May 9, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 9, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Stewart | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Macon, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale | 3 hr |
| May 9, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 3 hr |
| May 9, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Jackson, Smith, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 9, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| May 9, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | White | 3 hr |
| May 9, 7:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 4 hr |
| May 9, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 4 hr |
| May 9, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 9, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| May 9, 11:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | White | 2 hr |
| May 9, 6:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 18 hr |
| May 9, 6:28 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Decatur, Hardin, Perry, Wayne | 36 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.