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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Nashville, TN

April 13, 2020Perry County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2020, 9:46 PM CDT for Perry County, Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 14, 2020, 3:15 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2020, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2020, 3:15 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2020, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Perry County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Buffalo River near Lobelville (LBVT1). The gauge peaked at 12.18 ft at Apr 13, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03604400, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Apr 13, 9:06 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 9:06 PM CDT, 40 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
Apr 13, 10:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Humphreys	45 hr
Apr 14, 12:00 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OHX	Hickman	44 hr
Apr 14, 1:32 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	OHX	Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.