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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Nashville, TN

March 16, 2025Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 16, 2025, 6:47 AM CDT for Bedford County, Marshall County, Tennessee. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2025, 6:47 AM CDT (11:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2025, 5:19 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bedford County, TN, Marshall County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 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 Duck River near Shelbyville (SHVT1). The gauge peaked at 25.33 ft at Mar 16, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
27.5 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03598000, 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 Mar 16, 6:28 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 6:28 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 16, 1:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
122 AM CDT Sun Mar 16 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0119 AM     Flood            Cookeville              36.16N 85.51W
03/16/2025                   Putnam             TN   Emergency Mngr

            1343 Whiteaker Springs Rd. quickly becoming
            covered in water.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXClay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton and 4 more6 hr
Mar 15, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCumberland, DeKalb, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White6 hr
Mar 15, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXVan Buren, White29 min
Mar 15, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCumberland, Fentress8 min
Mar 15, 7:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXLawrence20 hr
Mar 15, 8:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXGiles25 hr
Mar 15, 8:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXDavidson6 hr
Mar 15, 8:53 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman10 hr
Mar 15, 9:59 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham9 hr
Mar 15, 10:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXCheatham14 hr
Mar 15, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Williamson32 hr
Mar 15, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXMontgomery, Robertson5 hr
Mar 15, 10:09 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXMontgomery5 hr
Mar 15, 10:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner and 1 more4 hr
Mar 15, 10:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Rutherford and 1 more3 hr
Mar 16, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOHXFentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam48 min
Mar 16, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam2 hr
Mar 16, 2:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXMontgomery23 hr
Mar 16, 2:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson24 hr
Mar 16, 3:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXMaury39 hr
Mar 16, 3:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXGiles50 hr
Mar 16, 3:02 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXStewart3 days
Mar 16, 3:02 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson3 days
Mar 16, 3:03 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford9 hr
Mar 16, 3:04 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson4 days
Mar 16, 3:05 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Marshall4 hr
Mar 16, 3:06 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson3 days
Mar 16, 6:49 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXMarshall32 hr
Mar 16, 7:10 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry24 hr
Mar 16, 7:11 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHickman14 hr
Mar 16, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry, Wayne16 hr
Mar 16, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXWilliamson12 hr
Mar 16, 11:34 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham2 hr
Mar 16, 1:56 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXWilliamson13 hr
Mar 16, 3:56 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXLawrence3 hr
Mar 16, 5:19 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Marshall10 hr

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.