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River Flood Advisory 73, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Jul 11, 2013, 5:56 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2013, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 6:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Stones River near Donelson (DONT1). The gauge peaked at 20.77 ft at Jul 12, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 35 ft
- Moderate stage
- 41 ft
- Major stage
- 46 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03430200, 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 11, 3:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 313 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013 DISCUSSION... RADAR SHOWING CONVECTION AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE MOVING THROUGH NASHVILLE NOW WITH A LINE OF BROKEN CONVECTION ALONG IT. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AND THROUGH THE MID STATE TONIGHT. MAY KEEP LOW POPS GOING INTO THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS. WILL ALSO ADHERE TO UPCOMING RADAR TRENDS PRIOR TO THE 4PM ISSUANCE. A LATE AFTERNOON PERIOD WILL LIKELY BE INCLUDED IN THE ZONES. OTW...DRIER AIR TO FILL IN BEHIND THE FROPA. STILL ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR SOME PATCHY FOG LATE TONIGHT ACROSS OUR PLATEAU. THE DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL WIN OUT BY TOMORROW HOWEVER AND WILL LAST INTO SATURDAY. FOR THE NEAR TERM TEMPS...BELOW NORMAL VALUES IN PLACE AS A COOL DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS TO OUR NORTH AND ADVECTS RELATIVELY COOLER AND DRIER AIR ACROSS OUR AREA. WILL GO SLIGHTLY ABOVE MAV MINS AND SLIGHTLY BELOW MAV HIGHS. IN THE EXT FCST...JUST WHEN YOU THINK WE HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO A MORE TYPICAL LIKE SUMMER PATTERN...ANOTHER WEIRD CHANGE IS COMING. THE WEAK UPPER WAVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH TODAY'S FROPA WILL MAKE IT AS WAR EAST AS WV. THEN...THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE SYSTEM SLOWING DOWN...STALLING AND MOVING BACK TO THE WEST. THE TROUGH INTENSITY WILL BE WEAK SO AS THE AXIS APPROACHES ON SATURDAY...MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ONCE THE AXIS MOVES TO OUR WEST...THE MULTI-LAYERED FLOW BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR MOISTURE RETURN AND THUS...POPS WILL INCREASE A LITTLE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE RETROGRADE UPPER WAVE WILL MAKE IT AS FAR WEST AS THE PLAINS BEFORE WEAKENING AND FALLING APART. THEN...A STRENGTHENING UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE MID ATLANTIC AND EXPAND WESTWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE OUR TEMPS TO WARM AND CONVECTION PROBABILITIES TO BECOME 20 PERCENT AT BEST. IT APPEARS THAT THE CENTER OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL CAMP OUT NORTH OF TN AND THUS...SLIGHTLY POPS FOR THE TAIL END OF THE EXTENDED WILL BE INCLUDED. FOR THE EXT TEMPS...THE BULK OF THE HEAT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL EFFECT THE MID ATLANTIC AND AREAS NORTH OF TN. BUT...WE WILL STILL SEE OUR TEMPS CLIMB BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S NEXT WEEK...LOW TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 70S. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 66 85 64 88 / 05 05 05 10 CLARKSVILLE 63 85 62 87 / 05 05 05 05 CROSSVILLE 64 80 62 83 / 20 05 05 20 COLUMBIA 66 86 64 89 / 10 05 05 10 LAWRENCEBURG 66 86 63 89 / 10 05 05 10 WAVERLY 63 85 62 88 / 05 05 05 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 21
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 1:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 147 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-121900- 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- 147 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE BORDER. STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WITH ANY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM...LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... EVEN THOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND FAIRLY ISOLATED...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING CRITERIA. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
327 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013
TNZ027-028-059-062-112100-
DAVIDSON-RUTHERFORD-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
327 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON...RUTHERFORD...
WILLIAMSON AND WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HERMITAGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE PERCY PRIEST LAKE...RURAL HILL...
ANTIOCH...LA VERGNE...NOLENSVILLE AND SMYRNA.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. IT IS ALSO MOVING OVER AN AREA THAT HAS EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE
RAIN FROM PREVIOUS DAYS SO SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM IS MOVING OVER THE PERCY PRIEST LAKE AREA. THOSE WHO ARE
OUT NEAR THE LAKE OR BOATING ON THE LAKE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY OR GET OFF THE WATER AS THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAZARDOUS GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING THAT WILL EFFECT THOSE
IN OR AROUND WATER.
LAT...LON 3589 8618 3574 8670 3609 8671 3614 8655
3618 8641
TB12Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 341 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013 TNZ059>062-075-112115- BEDFORD-MARSHALL-MAURY-RUTHERFORD-WILLIAMSON- 341 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEDFORD...MARSHALL...MAURY... RUTHERFORD AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE TRIUNE AND EAGLEVILLE. WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS WELL. DUAL POL RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3568 8642 3551 8680 3583 8691 3593 8672 TB12
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:17 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
517 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013
TNZ062-075-077-112300-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-RUTHERFORD-
517 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BEDFORD...WESTERN COFFEE
AND SOUTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...
AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE FOSTERVILLE...CHRISTIANA...BELL
BUCKLE...BEECHGROVE...WARTRACE AND NORMANDY.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LAT...LON 3536 8636 3572 8643 3577 8627 3573 8620
3571 8621 3567 8615 3548 8599 3540 8626
3541 8628 3538 8631 3536 8635
SHAMBURGERSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
531 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013
TNZ094-095-112300-
GILES-LAWRENCE-
531 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GILES AND SOUTHERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...LORETTO...AND UNION
HILL.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3500 8723 3500 8751 3505 8754 3518 8725
3500 8707 3499 8708 3499 8722
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cannon | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 110 min |
| Jul 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Dickson | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Marshall | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 8:31 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Grundy | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Grundy | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles, Marshall | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wayne | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 1:03 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Bedford | 11 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Wilson | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Rutherford | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Coffee | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Giles | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 25 min |
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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.