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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Nashville, TN

July 4, 2013Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2013, 9:02 PM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2013, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 10:11 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity: Minor

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 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Duck River near Shelbyville (SHVT1).

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 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, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 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 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, 3:16 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	6 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 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.