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River Flood Advisory 41, NWS Nashville, TN

October 14, 2014Bedford County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Oct 14, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT for Bedford County, Tennessee. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 14, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN

County Bedford County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wartrace Creek at Wartrace (WRTT1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03597590, 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 Oct 14, 3:53 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 3:53 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 5:09 AM CDT, 23 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
509 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141030-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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-
509 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID STATE TODAY AND SWEEP ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...YOU AN EXPECT SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...A FEW
OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE
LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...IN ANTICIPATION OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SINCE GROUNDS ARE ALREADY
PRETTY MOIST...FROM RAINFALL OVER RECENT DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUN OFF AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR
FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL...MAY OCCUR ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU EARLY TUESDAY. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
RAINS WILL HAVE TAPERED OFF OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
MID STATE BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. SO...THE MAIN THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING SHOULD BE CONFINED TO OUR EASTERN COUNTIES BY SUNRISE TUESDAY.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 14, 12:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 1:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 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
Oct 13, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Williamson	39 min
Oct 13, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	2 hr
Oct 13, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Wayne	43 min
Oct 13, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury	42 min
Oct 13, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Maury, Williamson	38 min
Oct 13, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Lawrence and 10 more	6 hr
Oct 13, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall, Maury	34 min
Oct 13, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	42 min
Oct 13, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson	39 min
Oct 13, 9:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	113 min
Oct 13, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, Rutherford, Wilson	37 min
Oct 13, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Coffee, Grundy, Warren	46 min
Oct 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Overton, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White	45 min
Oct 14, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Jackson	20 min
Oct 14, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, White	48 min
Oct 14, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cumberland, Fentress, Pickett	32 min
Oct 14, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon, Coffee	46 min
Oct 14, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	68 hr
Oct 14, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Maury	34 hr
Oct 14, 1:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OHX	Rutherford	6 hr
Oct 14, 4:26 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Perry	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2014 Every river flood advisory in 2014

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.