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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

August 8, 2013Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 6:24 AM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2013, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 8:26 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity
Minor

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dry Creek near Edenwold (NSRT1). The gauge peaked at 12.06 ft at Aug 8, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate5101508/0808/09
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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

547 
WGUS44 KOHX 081124
FLWOHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 
624 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR 
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

  DRY CREEK AT EDENWOLD AFFECTING DAVIDSON COUNTY

. HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DRY CREEK AT EDENWOLD TO RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS RAINFALL 
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...AND MOVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO HIGHER 
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO PASS...EVEN IN TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

TNC037-082324-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FL.W.0021.130808T1124Z-130809T0000Z/
/NSRT1.1.ER.130808T1058Z.130808T1100Z.000000T0000Z.NR/
624 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE DRY CREEK AT EDENWOLD
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* AT 06AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...12.1 FEET 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* AT 12.0 FEET...PROPERTIES ALONG THE CREEK NEAR GALLATIN PIKE BEGIN TO FLOOD. 
  ALSO FLOODING OF PROPERTIES ALONG JANETTE AVENUE...NORTH GRAYCROFT AVENUE...
  AND DINWIDDIE DRIVE BEGINS TO OCCUR.
* AT 9.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CREEK BEGIN TO BE INUNDATED.

$$
1 follow-up statement
030 
WGUS84 KOHX 081326
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
826 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...
 
  DRY CREEK AT EDENWOLD AFFECTING DAVIDSON COUNTY
 
. DRY CREEK AT EDENWOLD HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...AND MOVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO HIGHER 
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO PASS...EVEN IN TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

TNC037-081356-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130809T0000Z/
/NSRT1.1.ER.130808T1058Z.130808T1131Z.130808T1155Z.NR/
826 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE DRY CREEK AT EDENWOLD
* UNTIL 08/08 19:00.
* AT 08AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* AT 9.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CREEK BEGIN TO BE INUNDATED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBenton38 min
Aug 8, 3:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson2 hr
Aug 8, 5:05 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson7 hr
Aug 8, 5:24 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson7 hr
Aug 8, 5:48 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson4 hr
Aug 8, 6:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson119 min
Aug 8, 6:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner, Wilson3 hr
Aug 8, 7:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Aug 8, 7:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner3 hr
Aug 8, 9:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXSmith, Trousdale3 hr
Aug 8, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXSumner, Wilson3 hr
Aug 8, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson57 min
Aug 8, 10:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXJackson, Overton, Putnam3 hr
Aug 8, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson31 min
Aug 8, 11:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith3 hr
Aug 8, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXWilliamson60 min
Aug 8, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSumner62 min
Aug 8, 11:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson3 hr
Aug 8, 12:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXWilliamson112 min
Aug 8, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMaury, Williamson46 min
Aug 8, 12:46 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 hr
Aug 8, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXLawrence54 min
Aug 8, 1:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXLawrence, Wayne112 min
Aug 8, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Warren45 min
Aug 8, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXStewart43 min
Aug 8, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Stewart61 min
Aug 8, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys42 min
Aug 8, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys49 min
Aug 8, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDeKalb, Van Buren, Warren, White60 min
Aug 8, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXDeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam, Smith2 hr
Aug 8, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman45 min
Aug 8, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXMontgomery53 min
Aug 8, 2:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson3 hr
Aug 8, 3:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman, Humphreys, Perry116 min
Aug 8, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman40 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.