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Flood Watch 3, NWS Nashville, TN

July 18, 202320 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flood watch at Jul 18, 2023, 11:18 AM CDT for 20 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 18, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2023, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 18, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 19, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity
None

Counties Bedford County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jul 18, 11:10 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 11:10 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXPickett32 min
Jul 18, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Pickett63 min
Jul 18, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCheatham41 min
Jul 18, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart54 min
Jul 18, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXCheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson and 1 more65 min
Jul 18, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXCheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lewis, Maury and 2 more63 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOHXCheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and 1 more54 min
Jul 18, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Lewis, Maury, Wayne68 min
Jul 18, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Davidson, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 1 more49 min
Jul 18, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Davidson, DeKalb, Macon, Rutherford, Smith and 3 more47 min
Jul 18, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Marshall and 1 more18 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Putnam, Rutherford and 5 more45 min
Jul 18, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXCoffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White48 min
Jul 18, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne38 min

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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.