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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Nashville, TN

February 27, 2018Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood watch at Feb 27, 2018, 2:42 PM CST for Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 27, 2018, 2:42 PM CST (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2018, 10:02 AM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity: None

Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Shoal Creek near Iron City (IRCT1). The gauge peaked at 16.79 ft at Feb 28, 2018, 10:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03588500, 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 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 river flood watch went out at Feb 27, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 3 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
Feb 27, 1:25 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Davidson	4 days
Feb 27, 3:16 AM CST	Flood Watch	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	57 hr
Feb 27, 2:42 PM CST	River Flood Watch	OHX	Hickman	19 hr
Feb 27, 2:42 PM CST	River Flood Watch	OHX	Perry	19 hr
Feb 27, 2:42 PM CST	River Flood Watch	OHX	Giles	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2018 River Flood Watches in Alabama, 2018 Every river flood watch 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.