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River Flood Advisory 77, NWS Nashville, TN
NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Aug 8, 2013, 12:46 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2013, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Dry Creek near Edenwold (NSRT1). The gauge peaked at 12.06 ft at Aug 8, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03426470, 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 Aug 8, 12:23 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:23 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1223 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... CONVECTION CURRENTLY ON-GOING IN CENTRAL TENNESSEE TIED TO VERY WEAK MESO CONVECTIVE VORTICITY CENTER WILL WORK SLOWLY EASTWARD AS GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER MCV CAN BE SEEN IN LATEST SATELLITE LOOP OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. BOYD && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1138 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ MESOSCALE UPDATE... CONVECTION HAS MOVED INTO DAVIDSON COUNTY WITH SCATTERED STORMS BACK ACROSS DICKSON INTO HUMPHREYS. CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN COOLING LAST HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTICITY CENTER. LATEST SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THIS FEATURE SLIDING EAST PRETTY MUCH ALONG INTERSTATE 40 NEXT FEW HOURS. RAINFALL RATES ON THE ORDER OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY ACROSS DICKSON AND CHEATHAM COUNTIES. ANOTHER MCV CAN BE SEEN IN DYING COMPLEX OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THIS ONE WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR LATER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY INTO NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER. BOYD PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1035 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ MESOSCALE UPDATE... CLUSTER OF STORMS NOW IN DICKSON COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTNORTHEAST AND INTO CHEATHAM COUNTY BY 11 AM...AND THEN WORK ACROSS DAVIDSON COUNTY BETWEEN 11 AND 1130 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER EASTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY HAVE RANGED FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH BASED ON KOHX DUAL-POLE AS THIS CLUSTER MOVED ACROSS THAT AREA. BOYD PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1008 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ MESOSCALE UPDATE... AM CONTINUING TO SEE DESCENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT ACROSS NORTH HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z BEFORE WEAKING. SOME NEW CONVECTION HAS FIRED OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY THAT WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD INTO DICKSON COUNTY BY 16Z. THIS ACTIVITY MAY MOVE ACROSS OR CLOSE TO THE SAME AREA THAT HAD THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVERNIGHT (NORTH CENTRAL DAVIDSON COUNTY). CONVECTION IN NORTHEAST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ALONG UPPER CUMBERLAND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EASTNORTHEAST THIS MORNING. BOYD PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 837 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ MESOSCALE UPDATE... SHOWERS/STORMS BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM DAVIDSON...SUMNER AND WILSON COUNTIES BUT RUNOFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE AXIS EXTENDS DOWN INTERSTATE 65 AND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. THIS SHOULD SWEEP BULK OF CURRENT CONVECTION TOWARD UPPER CUMBERLAND AND OFF THE PLATEAU BY AROUND 16Z. HOWEVER...SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AREAS THIS MORNING AND WORK EASTWARD DURING THE DAY. BOYD PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 532 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ AVIATION 12Z DISCUSSION... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE MID STATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH THE TAF PD. WITH THE HIGH SFC DEW POINTS AND HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS IN PLACE...CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD ON AN OFF AND ON BASIS. CIGS AT TIMES WILL DROP BELOW 2KFT WITH VSBYS AS LOW AS 2-4SM WHEN THE CONVECTION OCCURS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 406 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ DISCUSSION... LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWING COLD FRONT RUNNING FROM THE GREAT LAKES DOWN INTO THE PLAINS. AIRMASS AHEAD REMAINS PLENTY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG WITH BITS OF ENERGY PASSING PERIODICALLY IN ML/UL N/NW FLOW WILL BE KEY PLAYERS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS FRONT EXPECTED TO SAG SOUTHWARD TODAY...SETTING UP ACROSS KY...AND THEN REMAINS IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY BEFORE DROPPING DOWN AND HOLDING OVER THE MID-STATE. UVV EXPECTED TO BE ENHANCED AS SERIES OF WEAK WAVES RIDES UP ALONG BOUNDARY AND COMBINES WITH PASSING ML/UL IMPULSES. MODERATE/DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND GIVEN SYNOPTIC/MESOSCALE FEATURES...CURRENT TREND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS WILL REMAIN INTACT THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE POTENTIAL OF STORMS REMAINS ON LOW SIDE BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING VERY POSSIBLE AS TRAINING AFFECTS ALONG QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY QUITE FEASIBLE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY SEEMS TO WORK BACK NORTH INTO KY LATE SUNDAY AS ML/UL FLOW REMAINS MORE WESTERLY BUT SECONDARY FRONT DROPS OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES. KY BOUNDARY LOOKS TO WASH OUT LATER MONDAY WHILE SECONDARY BOUNDARY BECOMES DOMINANT. UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS MONDAY- TUESDAY...WHICH WILL PUSH THIS FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER TUESDAY. BOUNDARY BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL MS/AL/GA WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. PASSING BOUNDARY WILL KEEP PCPN CHANCES FAIRLY HIGH EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT CHANCES WILL BE REDUCED MID-WEEK WITH FOCUS SHIFTED SOUTH. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 540 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-091030- 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- 540 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AT TIMES...PRODUCING GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 8, 11:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1119 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD MADISON 36.26N 86.71W
08/08/2013 DAVIDSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
HOME SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS ON MADISON BLVD
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1300647
11Special weather statement, Aug 8, 11:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1130 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
TNZ057-059-060-081730-
HICKMAN-MAURY-WILLIAMSON-
1130 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HICKMAN...MAURY AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...
AT 1126 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRIMM SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE WILLIAMSPORT...SANTA FE...
THOMPSONS STATION...SPRING HILL AND FRANKLIN.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3567 8740 3583 8743 3600 8681 3570 8681
3564 8682 3560 8682 3560 8683
SHAMBURGERSpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 11:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1143 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
TNZ007-008-027-028-081745-
DAVIDSON-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-WILSON-
1143 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN DAVIDSON...SOUTHERN
ROBERTSON...SUMNER AND NORTHERN WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOELTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE JOELTON...WHITES CREEK...
GREENBRIER...RIDGETOP...MADISON...GOODLETTSVILLE...MILLERSVILLE...OLD
HICKORY...WHITE HOUSE...HENDERSONVILLE...COTTONTOWN AND GALLATIN.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3636 8628 3635 8629 3635 8627 3620 8626
3625 8690 3633 8692 3637 8691 3643 8692
3659 8630
SHAMBURGERLocal storm report, Aug 8, 11:51 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1151 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE ASHLAND CITY 36.34N 86.98W
08/08/2013 CHEATHAM TN 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ALONG BEARWALLOW ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER OHX1300648
11Local storm report, Aug 8, 12:16 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Benton | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 3:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:24 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:48 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OHX | Davidson | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 119 min |
| Aug 8, 6:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 10:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Williamson | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Sumner | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Williamson | 112 min |
| Aug 8, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Maury, Williamson | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Lawrence | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 1:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Lawrence, Wayne | 112 min |
| Aug 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Warren | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Stewart | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | DeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | Hickman, Humphreys, Perry | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman | 40 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.