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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

July 4, 2013Giles County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2013, 4:18 PM CDT for Giles County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 4, 2013, 6:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2013, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2013, 6:34 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 10:24 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity: Minor

County Giles County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Richland Creek near Pulaski (PLKT1). The gauge peaked at 17.90 ft at Jul 5, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03584045, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jul 4, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:21 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 1:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
138 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W MILLERSVILLE        36.38N  86.74W
07/03/2013                   DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT... MINOR FLOODING TO A HOUSE ON OLD
            SPRINGFIELD PIKE WEST OF MILLERSVILLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300537

11

Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
203 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

0100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ALEXANDRIA              36.08N  86.03W
07/04/2013  M2.90 INCH       DE KALB            TN   COCORAHS

            2.90 INCHES RECORDED FROM 7 AM TO 1 PM IN ALEXANDRIA
            WITH MINOR ROAD FLOODING...ALL STILL PASSABLE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300538

11

Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
207 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

0115 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WNW CHAPEL HILL       35.64N  86.75W
07/04/2013                   MARSHALL           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PORTIONS OF THICK ROAD AND PYLES ROAD UNDER WATER NEAR
            CANEY CREEK IN NORTHERN MARSHALL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1300539

11

Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
214 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      7 SSW CARTHAGE          36.16N  85.99W
07/04/2013                   SMITH              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DRY FORK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER

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EVENT NUMBER OHX1300540

11

Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
221 PM CDT THU JUL 04 2013

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

0115 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW PULASKI            35.22N  87.06W
07/04/2013                   GILES              TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER SIGNS PLACED NORTHWEST OF PULASKI ON HWY 166
            NORTH. ROAD IS STILL PASSABLE.

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EVENT NUMBER OHX1300541

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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 3, 8:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Davidson, Robertson, Sumner	3 hr
Jul 4, 9:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 4, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford	26 min
Jul 4, 1:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cannon, Davidson, Rutherford, Smith, Williamson, Wilson	6 hr
Jul 4, 2:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Bedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Clay, DeKalb, Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith and 3 more	6 hr
Jul 4, 5:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford	15 hr
Jul 4, 5:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	DeKalb, Smith	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2013 Every river flood warning 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.