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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Nashville, TN

December 27, 201815 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flash flood watch at Dec 27, 2018, 2:59 PM CST for 15 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2018, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity
None

Counties Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 27, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 5:02 AM CST, 9 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Nashville TN
502 AM CST Thu Dec 27 2018

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281100-
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-
502 AM CST Thu Dec 27 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle
Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Wind Advisory is in effect for all of Middle Tennessee through
tonight. Sustained southerly winds 15 to 30 mph. Gusts to around
45 mph for locations west of Cumberland Plateau Region. Gusts to
around 50 mph across Cumberland Plateau Region.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Relayed reports to the NWS Nashville office of measured
winds gusts around 40 mph or greater appreciated.

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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.