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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Nashville, TN

April 15, 2015Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Apr 15, 2015, 8:17 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2015, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2015, 7:59 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 Richland Creek near Belle Meade (BMDT1). The gauge peaked at 6.10 ft at Apr 15, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT.

actionminormoderate24681004/1604/17
Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03431655, 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 Apr 15, 7:40 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:40 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:07 AM CDT, 15 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
507 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-161015-
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-
507 AM CDT WED APR 15 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING ACROSS MIDDLE TN. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 24. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG
WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

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, Apr 15, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
622 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

TNZ027-059-152345-
DAVIDSON-WILLIAMSON-
622 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON AND WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES...

AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLEVUE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BELLEVUE...BELLE MEADE...FOREST
HILLS...OAK HILL AND BERRY HILL.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

NO PLACE OUTDOORS IS SAFE WHEN THERE IS LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS OR
INTO A VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3613 8674 3601 8670 3600 8697 3608 8698

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
658 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

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

0634 PM     HAIL             6 SW NASHVILLE          36.11N  86.86W
04/15/2015  E0.88 INCH       DAVIDSON           TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BELLEVUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER OHX1500484

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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
658 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

TNZ027-160030-
DAVIDSON-
658 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY...

AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOREST HILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE FOREST HILLS...OAK HILL AND BERRY
HILL.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

NO PLACE OUTDOORS IS SAFE WHEN THERE IS LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS OR
INTO A VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3613 8671 3605 8669 3602 8676 3604 8680
      3604 8684 3605 8685 3612 8682

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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
715 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

TNZ027-059-062-160045-
DAVIDSON-RUTHERFORD-WILLIAMSON-
715 PM CDT WED APR 15 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIDSON...RUTHERFORD AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE ANTIOCH AND NOLENSVILLE.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

NO PLACE OUTDOORS IS SAFE WHEN THERE IS LIGHTNING. MOVE INDOORS OR
INTO A VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3606 8656 3592 8660 3598 8674 3600 8678
      3602 8678 3607 8672

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:28 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXDavidson30 min
Apr 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson38 min
Apr 15, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHumphreys24 min
Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPerry39 min
Apr 15, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPerry41 min
Apr 16, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXHickman44 min
Apr 16, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman52 min
Apr 16, 2:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXSmith, Trousdale38 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2015Every river flood advisory in 2015

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.