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River Flood Advisory 69, NWS Nashville, TN

July 7, 2013Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Jul 7, 2013, 1:14 AM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2013, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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 Duck River near Shelbyville (SHVT1). The gauge peaked at 21.29 ft at Jul 7, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
27.5 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03598000, 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 6, 2:03 PM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:03 PM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:00 AM CDT, 20 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071000-
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-
500 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN EFFECT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. ON TOP OF WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...
AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU REGION...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES ELSEWHERE. THIS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN
AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS. MINOR RIVER FLOODING ALONG WITH
SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS IS ALSO A GOOD
POSSIBILITY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

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

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD END BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER...SOME MINOR RIVER FLOODING ALONG WITH SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS
NEAR BANKFULL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart37 min
Jul 6, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart42 min
Jul 6, 8:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson24 min
Jul 6, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHouston, Montgomery, Stewart52 min
Jul 7, 1:14 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford12 hr
Jul 7, 1:33 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman65 hr

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.