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Flood Watch 4, NWS Nashville, TN

July 19, 202327 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this flood watch at Jul 19, 2023, 1:34 PM CDT for 27 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 20, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2023, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2023, 4:05 PM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Flood severity: None

All 27 counties

Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 19, 8:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 8:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 12:37 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 12:47 PM CDT, 47 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
Jul 18, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	47 min
Jul 19, 4:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	6 hr
Jul 19, 4:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	33 min
Jul 19, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Hickman	30 min
Jul 19, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Hickman, Marshall, Maury, Williamson	44 min
Jul 19, 7:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Stewart	41 min
Jul 19, 7:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Maury and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 19, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Bedford, Coffee, Marshall	51 min
Jul 19, 7:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	3 hr
Jul 19, 10:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	2 hr
Jul 19, 10:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OHX	Bedford, Cheatham, Davidson, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford and 1 more	2 hr

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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.