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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Nashville, TN

March 3, 2014Hickman County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Mar 3, 2014, 6:25 AM CST for Hickman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2014, 6:25 AM CST (12:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2014, 11:48 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Hickman County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 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 Piney River near Vernon (VERT1). The gauge peaked at 10.72 ft at Mar 3, 2014, 7:00 AM CST.

actionminormoderate510152003/0303/04
Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03602500, 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.

131 
WGUS84 KOHX 031225
FLSOHX
FLOOD ADVISORY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 
625 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

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

  PINEY RIVER NEAR VERNON AFFECTING HICKMAN COUNTY 

. SEVERAL HOURS OF RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED THE PINEY RIVER NEAR VERNON TO RISE
ABOVE ITS ACTION STAGE. WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIP ACCUMULATION EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY...WOULD EXPECT THE RIVER TO CREST AND FALL BY THIS
EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

TNC081-040000-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FL.Y.0021.140303T1225Z-140304T0000Z/
/VERT1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
625 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
  THE PINEY RIVER NEAR VERNON
* AT 06AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* AT 10.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW THE NATURAL BANKS AND INUNDATES LOW 
  LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FROM INTERSTATE 40 TO NEAR PINEWOOD...NUNNELLY...
  AND DOWN TO THE DUCK RIVER.

$$
1 follow-up statement
389 
WGUS84 KOHX 031748
FLSOHX
FLOOD ADVISORY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 
1148 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

 
...THE FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE PINEY RIVER...
 
  PINEY RIVER NEAR VERNON AFFECTING HICKMAN COUNTY
 
. THE PINEY RIVER NEAR VERNON HAS FALLEN BELOW ITS ACTION STAGE NOW THAT THE
PRECIPITATION HAS SUBSIDED. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO ITS NORMAL
LEVELS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

TNC081-031818-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FL.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/
/VERT1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1148 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014

THE FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE PINEY RIVER NEAR VERNON
* AT 11AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 10:33 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson8 hr
Mar 3, 1:20 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson5 hr
Mar 3, 3:32 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford8 hr
Mar 3, 9:00 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry50 hr
Mar 3, 4:39 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman49 hr

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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.