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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Nashville, TN
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 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.
- 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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</html>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 27
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 31
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
21Special 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
31Special 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
31Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:28 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Davidson | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Humphreys | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Perry | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Hickman | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 2:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 38 min |
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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.