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River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Nashville, TN

January 12, 2013Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Jan 12, 2013, 5:26 PM CST for Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2013, 5:26 PM CST (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 7:06 AM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

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 23:28 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 11.61 ft at Jan 12, 2013, 11:00 PM CST.

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 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 Jan 12, 4:58 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 4:58 PM CST, 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 3:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more	42 hr
Jan 12, 5:26 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	65 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2013 River Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2013 Every river flood advisory in 2013

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.