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River Flood Advisory 47, NWS Nashville, TN

May 1, 2011Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at May 1, 2011, 8:32 AM CDT for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2011, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2011, 3:46 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Benton County, TN

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, 7:34 AM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:34 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
525 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

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-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
525 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

EXPECT ONE ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...TO AFFECT THE MID STATE THIS MORNING...WITH
ANOTHER ROUND EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TONIGHT. WITH EACH PERIOD OF
HEAVY RAIN...THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL INCREASE.
THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...WHERE A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON MONDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES LATE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. THESE FACTORS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE ENTIRE MID STATE LATE MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF
TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES WERE CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST PRIMED
FOR FLOODING. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WX IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NASHVILLE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 2:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
248 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

TNZ005-006-022>024-010830-
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
248 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...
MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES...

AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF
CAMDEN MURRAY TO 12 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...
ESPECIALLY WITH THE STORMS PASSING ACROSS STEWART COUNTY.

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Special weather statement, May 1, 2:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
256 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

TNZ005-006-022>024-010830-
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
256 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...
MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES...

AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF
CAMDEN MURRAY TO 12 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...
ESPECIALLY WITH THE STORMS PASSING ACROSS STEWART COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS
WILL ALSO OCCUR...WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS.

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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 1, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Stewart	41 min
May 1, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Montgomery	28 min
May 1, 3:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and 4 more	55 hr
May 1, 4:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart	54 hr
May 1, 4:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Benton, Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
May 1, 4:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Montgomery	24 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.