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River Flood Advisory 19, NWS Nashville, TN

April 27, 2013Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Apr 27, 2013, 12:38 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2013, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mill Creek near Nolensville (NLVT1). The gauge peaked at 17.80 ft at Apr 28, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03430550, 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 Apr 27, 9:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 9:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
502 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

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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-
502 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WESTERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DOVER TO
PULASKI.

WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND SPREAD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS A
SURFACE LOW TRACKS TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. CONDITIONS APPEAR
FAVORABLE FOR A FEW STORMS TO BE SEVERE IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT BUT THE THREAT APPEARS LOW.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY
THROUGH SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF I-40 TO 2 TO
3 INCHES SOUTH OF I-40. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES
OF RAINFALL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING.
SOME SECONDARY RIVERS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY RISE INTO
ACTION STAGE...INCLUDING THE DUCK AND BUFFALO RIVERS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 12:56 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson7 hr
Apr 27, 12:56 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson7 hr
Apr 27, 1:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson3 hr
Apr 27, 1:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXDavidson62 min
Apr 27, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOHXBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more19 hr
Apr 27, 4:04 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman9 hr
Apr 27, 5:54 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyOHXBenton, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart6 hr
Apr 27, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBenton26 min
Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston41 min
Apr 27, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys23 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2013Every 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.