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River Flood Advisory 63, NWS Nashville, TN

July 5, 2013Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Jul 5, 2013, 3:16 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2013, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 9:30 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 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sevenmile Creek at Blackman Road (SVCT1). The gauge peaked at 6.60 ft at Jul 5, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03431040, 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 Jul 5, 3:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:12 AM CDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
512 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

TNZ007>011-026>034-059>066-075-077>080-094-095-061000-
ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-
TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-
MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-
COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-LAWRENCE-GILES-
512 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING AT LEAST THE
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
IN URBAN AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS...ALONG WITH SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT MAY GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGH TONIGHT
ALSO.

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV OR
BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS
AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS ALONG WITH AREAS THAT HAVE SATURATED
GROUND CONDITIONS WITH PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OCCURRENCES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

TNZ005-006-022>025-056>058-093-061000-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-
LEWIS-WAYNE-
512 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OR LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND OTHER
FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS ALONG WITH AREAS THAT HAVE SATURATED GROUND
CONDITIONS WITH PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OCCURRENCES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

31

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 11:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1106 AM CDT FRI JUL 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SOUTH CARTHAGE          36.24N  85.96W
07/04/2013                   SMITH              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED REPORT... SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN SMITH COUNTY. ROADS
            INCLUDED WINDING HILL LANE IN NEW MIDDLETON AND SOUTH
            MAIN STREET AND COUNTY HOUSE CIRCLE IN SOUTH CARTHAGE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300544

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1233 PM CDT FRI JUL 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PULASKI                 35.20N  87.03W
07/04/2013                   GILES              TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED REPORT... NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS GILES
            COUNTY...INCLUDING HWY 31 NORTH OF PULASKI

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300545

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:42 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:47 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:52 PM CDT, 24 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
Jul 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 4, 9:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall	13 hr
Jul 5, 8:44 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford	13 hr
Jul 5, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Giles	39 hr
Jul 5, 1:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Williamson	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	16 hr
Jul 5, 5:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 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.