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River Flood Advisory 63, NWS Nashville, TN

March 3, 2018Giles County, Tennessee; Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood advisory at Mar 3, 2018, 8:19 AM CST for Giles County, Tennessee; Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2018, 8:19 AM CST (14:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2018, 10:35 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN

Counties Limestone County, AL, Giles County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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 Elk River near Prospect (PSPT1).

Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
37 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03584600, 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 Mar 2, 5:39 PM CST, 14 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:39 PM CST, 14 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 4:04 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry38 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Tennessee, 2018River Flood Advisories in Alabama, 2018Every river flood advisory in 2018

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.