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River Flood Watch 7, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood watch at Apr 26, 2011, 10:52 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama. It took effect at Apr 27, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 1:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Nashville, TN
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Shoal Creek near Iron City (IRCT1). The gauge peaked at 18.97 ft at Apr 28, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03588500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 26, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 510 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 TNZ011-032>034-065-066-078>080-271000- PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY- VAN BUREN- 510 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH TONIGHT. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES... DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-271000- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD- CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 510 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH TONIGHT. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES... DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY 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 31
In the hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Houston and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Houston, Stewart | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery and 3 more | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Montgomery and 3 more | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Perry, Wayne and 1 more | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury and 3 more | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Perry | 51 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | OHX | Hickman | 51 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2011River Flood Watches in Alabama, 2011Every river flood watch in 2011
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.