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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Nashville, TN

March 15, 2025Davidson County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2025, 8:49 PM CDT for Davidson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2025, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2025, 2:54 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Davidson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Mill Creek near Nolensville (NLVT1).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03430550, 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 15, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Updated at 635 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025
  • Severe thunderstorm risk through this evening with chances for damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes.
  • Heavy rain with a risk for flooding in urban, low-lying, and poor drainage areas, especially west of I-65.
  • Gusty non-thunderstorm winds between 35 to 45 mph through this evening.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Nashville TN
Issued by National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
642 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 635 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

- Severe thunderstorm risk through this evening with chances for
  damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes.

- Heavy rain with a risk for flooding in urban, low-lying, and
  poor drainage areas, especially west of I-65.

- Gusty non-thunderstorm winds between 35 to 45 mph through this
  evening.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Rest of today through Sunday)
Issued at 1048 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

Showers and thunderstorms continue this morning as the warm front
pushes northward. Right now storms have stayed mostly sub severe,
with some small hail reported. But, instability and additional
moisture will move northward through the day, increasing the fuel
for strong to severe storms this afternoon. Very strong low to mid
level shear will increase the threat for strong updrafts and
storms able to produce damaging wind gusts, hail, and even
tornadoes, especially in the southern half of the area in the
moderate risk. The limiting factor so far has been the warmer air
aloft capping a lot of the convection from going severe, but with
the warm front lifting northward, surface warming will continue
and allow for the cap to weaken to increase the severe threat.
Models continue to show the cap weakening and surface based CAPE
increasing through the afternoon, so remain weather aware and have
multiple ways to receive warnings!

PWAT values will also continue to increase, and with high rain
rates and training of heavy rainfall, flash flooding will also be
a threat this afternoon and evening. Heavy rain should move out of
the area after midnight, but lingering showers will be possible
through mid day Sunday.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Sunday Night through next Saturday)
Issued at 1048 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

Drier and cooler conditions will start the week as the deep trough
over the eastern CONUS continues eastward. Temps will warm up
Tuesday and Wednesday as ridging builds in ahead of the next
trough, and rain chances return Wednesday night into Thursday
morning. The cold front associated with that trough will dry the
region out quite a bit, and may increase the fire weather threat
for Thursday and Friday. Ridging builds in for Friday followed by
another shot at rain next weekend.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 635 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

Widespread light rain with embedded heavier showers and
thunderstorms will continue through 05Z. TAF obs have seen
inconsistent yet drastic changes in ceilings and visibilities over
short periods of times due to the nature of this convection, so
have opted to keep a TEMPO group at all sites to account for this
the first few hours of the TAF period. A second round of showers
and thunderstorms are expected to develop across portions of
north-central Tennessee (KBNA, KMSQ, KCKV) between 08Z and 12Z. A
third and final round of thunderstorms is expected to impact
eastern Tennessee (KSRB, KCSV) sometime between 17 and 20Z. To
focus on the ongoing round of convection, have kept these latter
rounds of convection as a SHRA FM group, and will be amended in
subsequent updates to introduce the mention of thunder in TAFs and refine
the time line for thunderstorm potential.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Nashville      73  52  60  34 / 100 100  60   0
Clarksville    71  47  55  32 / 100  90  50   0
Crossville     69  50  60  29 /  90 100  70  10
Columbia       72  50  60  32 / 100 100  50   0
Cookeville     72  51  60  31 /  90 100  70   0
Jamestown      70  50  61  29 /  90 100  70  10
Lawrenceburg   70  49  58  32 /  90  90  40   0
Murfreesboro   74  51  61  31 / 100 100  60   0
Waverly        69  48  57  33 / 100  90  30   0

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Wind Advisory until midnight CDT tonight for TNZ005>011-023>034-
056>066-075-077>080-093>095.

Flood Watch through late tonight for TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-
075-077>080-093>095.
&&

SHORT TERM...Barnwell
LONG TERM....Barnwell
AVIATION.....99

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
552 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0551 PM     Flash Flood      1 ENE Berry Hill        36.12N 86.75W
03/15/2025                   Davidson           TN   Public

            Deep water covering the road at I-440 and
            Nolensville Pike.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
554 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0415 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 ESE Mcminnville       35.68N 85.77W
03/15/2025                   Warren             TN   Public

            Numerous downed trees were reported in the
            McMinnville area. Time estimate from radar.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
612 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0500 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Palmer                  35.35N 85.57W
03/15/2025                   Grundy             TN   Emergency Mngr

            Trees down and structure damage to homes in
            Palmer. Time estimated by radar.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
614 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0613 PM     Flash Flood      7 SSW Clarkrange        36.09N 85.06W
03/15/2025                   Cumberland         TN   Public

            Water flooding Highway 127N between
            Crossville and Clarkrange.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 15, 8:03 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Nashville TN
803 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0802 PM     Flash Flood      3 N West Point          35.17N 87.54W
03/15/2025                   Lawrence           TN   Emergency Mngr

            Wisdom Rd near West Point completely washed
            out.

&&

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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, 8:53 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, 6:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOHXBedford, Marshall11 hr
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

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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.