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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Nashville, TN

April 6, 2025Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2025, 10:17 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2025, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2025, 8:28 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

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 15:16 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 Shoal Creek near Iron City (IRCT1). The gauge peaked at 15.28 ft at Apr 6, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT.

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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 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 6, 6:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWayne58 min
Apr 5, 8:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXPerry63 hr
Apr 5, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson, Williamson39 hr
Apr 5, 9:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury, Wayne14 hr
Apr 5, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXLawrence, Wayne67 min
Apr 5, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lewis, Marshall, Maury54 min
Apr 5, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Rutherford, Williamson48 min
Apr 5, 10:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXHickman16 hr
Apr 5, 10:38 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXHumphreys10 hr
Apr 5, 10:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXCheatham20 hr
Apr 5, 10:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford, Coffee, Marshall12 hr
Apr 5, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence38 min
Apr 5, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren and 1 more33 min
Apr 6, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCoffee, Grundy, Warren51 min
Apr 6, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXGrundy15 min
Apr 6, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy25 min
Apr 6, 1:24 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXCheatham9 hr
Apr 6, 1:30 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson21 days
Apr 6, 1:32 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson6 hr
Apr 6, 1:34 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson6 hr
Apr 6, 2:12 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDavidson23 hr
Apr 6, 4:24 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXBedford11 hr
Apr 6, 5:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOHXCannon, DeKalb, Putnam, Rutherford, Warren, White and 1 more6 hr
Apr 6, 6:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXHickman69 hr
Apr 6, 6:48 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXGiles40 hr
Apr 6, 6:49 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXLawrence3 hr
Apr 6, 8:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXHumphreys59 hr
Apr 6, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXSumner, Trousdale, Wilson51 hr
Apr 6, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXPerry, Wayne22 hr
Apr 6, 3:34 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOHXDecatur, Hardin, Perry, Wayne6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2025River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

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.