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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2010, 11:25 AM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2010, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2010, 7:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Flood severity
- Major
County Davidson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Whites Creek near Bordeaux (BORT1).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03431599, 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 2, 9:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 9:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 906 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... TOR WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON...WITH SOME STRONG RADAR CIRCULATIONS MOVG UP THE LINE. ISO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW OF THE CELLS. && .HYDROLOGY... 02/12Z LOCAL-WRF SHOWS BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL NEARLY STATIONARY FM LAFAYETTE...GALLATIN...NASHVILLE...CENTERVILLE LINE. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MORNING WITH THIS BAND. AS FOR RIVERS...ALL MAJOR RIVERS IN FLOOD WEST MID TN WITH A CONTINUAL RISE TDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 417 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010/ DISCUSSION... ANALYSIS SHOWING SFC WAVE/LOW NOW IN THE MO BOOTHEEL...WITH WARM FRONT OF SORTS JUST NORTH OF THE KY BORDER AND A COLD FRONT DOWN INTO EAST TX. CWA REMAINS IN UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR... WITH STRONGER JET STRUCTURE STILL WEST NEAR MS RIVER. STRONG/SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF BOUNDARY...BUT HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AS THEY MOVE NEAR/OVER THE TN RIVER. MIDDLE TN EXPECTED TO BE UNDER THE GUN ONCE AGAIN TODAY FOR SEVERE TSTORMS AS WELL AS ADDITIONALLY FLOODING AS ACTIVITY IN WEST TN TRANSLATES EAST. MORE FAVORABLE JET STRUCTURE/INSTABILITY WILL MOVE OVER THE MID-STATE LATER THIS MORNING AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY...INCREASING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. MAX RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS LARGE AS YESTERDAY BUT MANY RIVERS/LOW LYING LOCATIONS ..ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-65...ARE ALREADY IN OR NEAR FLOOD. WILL NOT NEED MUCH ADDITIONALLY HEAVY RAIN TO AGGRAVATE CURRENT SITUATION THUS WILL CONTINUE AREAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH MOST OF TODAY. WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS IN THIS EVENING...BUT THIS FRONT WILL ALSO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING AN END TO THE PCPN. COLD FRONT SHOULD BE ON THE PLATEAU BY 12Z MONDAY...WHICH WILL END THE THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAIN/ISO SEVERE STORMS OVERNIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST...BUT THE DRYING PROCESS WILL BEGIN LATER IN THE DAY. A DRY AND WARMING TREND WILL THEN ENSUE AND REMAIN INTACT INTO FRIDAY...AT WHICH TIME A COLD FRONT PASSES BRINGING SCT PCPN BACK THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY INTO SATURDAY. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 04
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 543 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031030- 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-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 543 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT OF MORE FLOODING AS WELL AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE AGAIN TODAY. THIS THREAT WILL CARRY INTO TONIGHT BUT LESSEN GREATLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER REPORTS WILL BE NEEDED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 7:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
730 AM CDT SUN MAY 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 AM FLOOD 2 E ORLINDA 36.60N 86.64W
05/02/2010 ROBERTSON TN TRAINED SPOTTER
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING OF ROADS IN THE
HIGHWAY 49 AND 52 AREA EAST OF ORLINDA.
&&
JLAROSALocal storm report, May 2, 7:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
737 AM CDT SUN MAY 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0728 AM TSTM WND GST 2 S NASHVILLE 36.14N 86.78W
05/02/2010 E65 MPH DAVIDSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
TSTM WIND GUST TO 65 MPH REPORTED AT STATE EOC IN
NASHVILLE.
&&
JLMLocal storm report, May 2, 8:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
845 AM CDT SUN MAY 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0842 AM FLOOD 10 NE GALLATIN 36.48N 86.33W
05/02/2010 SUMNER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
A SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG BLEDSOE CREEK JUST
NORTHEAST OF BETHPAGE...NEAR HIGHWAY 31E AND OLD WOLF
HILL ROAD.
&&
JLAROSALocal storm report, May 2, 9:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
921 AM CDT SUN MAY 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0919 AM FLOOD 1 W MOUNT JULIET 36.21N 86.54W
05/02/2010 WILSON TN PUBLIC
FLOODING OF DIVISION STREET AND SOUTH GREEN HILL ROAD
JUST WEST OF MOUNT JULIET ROAD WAS REPORTED.
&&
JLAROSALocal storm report, May 2, 9:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
929 AM CDT SUN MAY 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 AM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSONVILLE 36.29N 86.60W
05/02/2010 SUMNER TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AND A FEW HOMES DAMAGED
&&
21Local storm report, May 2, 11:11 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Hickman | 5 days |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 43 hr |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Maury | 4 days |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 43 hr |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 43 hr |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Giles | 43 hr |
| May 1, 9:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 7 days |
| May 1, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 23 min |
| May 1, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 27 min |
| May 1, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Lawrence, Lewis, Maury | 31 min |
| May 1, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 29 min |
| May 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Robertson | 13 min |
| May 1, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson | 37 min |
| May 1, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 6 min |
| May 1, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 18 min |
| May 2, 1:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford | 5 hr |
| May 2, 3:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart | 55 min |
| May 2, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys, Perry | 32 min |
| May 2, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 29 min |
| May 2, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 29 min |
| May 2, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner | 42 min |
| May 2, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson | 48 min |
| May 2, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 29 min |
| May 2, 6:36 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Clay, Jackson | 12 hr |
| May 2, 6:36 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| May 2, 6:36 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Smith | 3 hr |
| May 2, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Williamson | 31 min |
| May 2, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 24 min |
| May 2, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 26 min |
| May 2, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and 1 more | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 2, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne, Williamson | 24 min |
| May 2, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne, Williamson | 10 min |
| May 2, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 4 days |
| May 2, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Smith | 6 hr |
| May 2, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Maury, Williamson | 21 min |
| May 2, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 26 min |
| May 2, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 7 hr |
| May 2, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 7 hr |
| May 2, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 7 hr |
| May 2, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson | 26 min |
| May 2, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 25 min |
| May 2, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner | 20 min |
| May 2, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 21 min |
| May 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 31 min |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 24 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010
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.