24 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 16, 2:45 AM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 245 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 CWA TO REMAIN IN WET PATTERN AGAIN TODAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. CURRENTLY...SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM ERN TX NE UP ACROSS THE MID-STATE BETWEEN BNA-CSV. LATEST SATELLITE SHOWING BEST DEVLOPMENT E TX/SE OK/AR REGION...SEEMINGLY IN AREA OF GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. ACROSS THE CWA...PRECIP REMAINS SCATTERED AND GENERALLY LIGHT IN NATURE. PRECIP ACROSS AREA EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND BECOME HEAVY TOWARD MIDDAY AS SURFACE WAVES RIDE UP BOUNDARY...WHICH WILL SAG TO NEAR JAN-AVL LINE AROUND 00Z SAT. IN ADDITION TO ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE...UPPER SYSTEM SWINGING ACROSS THE REGION WILL ALIGN COUPLED DIVERGENT AREA OVER THE CWA. AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND GOOD UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITY MAY RESULT IN ANOTHER 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN. 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED...WILL LEAVE FLOOD WATCHES UP IN ONGOING FORECAST AND ADD TO ZONES NOT CURRENTLY IN. UPPER SYSTEM WILL SWING BY AROUND 06Z...SURFACE BOUNDARY AT THIS TIME APPROACHING THE ERN SEABOARD. DEEP MOISTURE WILL VACATE AS WELL...SHUTTING OFF THE WIDESPREAD RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THRU THE EVENING SO EXPECT FLOOD WATCH UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STORM SYSTEM WELL OUT OF THE PICTURE BY SATURDAY MORNING. WHILE DEEP MOISTURE WILL BE VOID BY 12Z SAT...LOW-LEVEL MOISTUREp WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO VACATE. EXPECT SKIES WILL BEGIN CLOUDY BUT BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY BY EARLY SAT. 07 BNA 54/30/39/20 +600 CSV 51/27/36/17 +700 .BNA...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THRU MIDNIGHT.
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-171130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 A COLD FRONT WHICH HAD BEEN SITTING NORTHWEST OF THE MIDSTATE...WILL FINALLY MOVE THROUGH TODAY. INTERMITTENT RAINS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT HAVE BEEN PROMINENT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED...AND STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE RISEN WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING ONE MORE DAY OF RAIN. STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND CONVERGENCE WILL ACCOMPANY A LARGE REGION OF UPPER LEVEL WIND DIVERGENCE...PRODUCING STRONGER ATMOSPHERIC LIFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAVIER RAIN THAN EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE RAIN WILL ALSO BE PERSISTENT...WHICH WILL LIKELY CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING TROUBLES ACROSS THE MIDSTATE. LOW AREAS... MAINLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. THEREFORE... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MAINLY LIGHT RAIN IS ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING...THEN HEAVIER RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM MID AFTERNOON...TO EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THUNDE.RSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE TO LOOK MINIMAL...AS INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANGERS AND SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED DUE TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. DICKSON 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
24 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
EMA and Highway Dept. reported some roads closed around the county due to high water. The hardest hit area was Memphis Stone Gravel Road.
EMA reported the Harpeth River was flooding several roads near Pegram.
Highway 100 flooded at Warner Park.
Centerville P.D. reported several roads closed in and around Centerville due to high water.
EMA reported several roads closed and flooded.
EMA reported 2 roads were closed due to high water.
EMA reported Centennial Drive in the western part of Dickson county closed due to high water.
EMA and Highway Dept. reported several roads closed and flooded such as near Elkton near the Elk River and off of Highway 166 North.
Highway Dept. said several low water bridges were under water.
Highway dept. reported high water on many roads.
Highway department reported River Road in Dover was closed, and also Wildcat Road and Bellcat landing Road was closed due to high water.
High water on many roads. Blue Bird Road was closed around Lebanon because of water going across the bridge.
Highway Dept. said 5 or 6 roads were under water. Hardest hit area was Rock Springs near Caney Springs.
Highway Dept. said Hicks Lane and Highway 50 closed near Columbia due to high water.
Highway department reported 9 roads closed due to high water. A newspaper article related the story of 2 boys had to be rescued from their truck by the Arrington Volunteer Fire Department at 6 PM CST. They were attempting to cross a flooded and barricaded roadway. The boys were trapped on Patton Road.
Highway dept. reported many roads closed especially near Lobelville around the Buffalo River.
EMA reported many roads closed and creeks out of their banks. Minor damage on a few roads.
Spotter reported 60 mph wind gust.
Public reported a few trees down off of Sinking Cove Road near Little Cow Creek.
Local law enforcement reported a power line down at Sewanee.
High water on many roads. 2 or 3 places the roads were impassable along Drakes Creek.
EMA reported several county roads were closed in the north end of the county. One road was closed in Waynesboro due to hgh water.
EMA reported roads closed due to high water.
EMA reported several roads flooded and closed in Davidson county such as Newsom Station and Merrymount, Bluff Road and Nolensville Road.
High water on several roads, but no road closures.
EMA reported roads closed, even Highway 129 for several hours due to high water.
Newspaper related a story of a home surrounded with water due to poor drainage along the county road. The water entered the home's heating unit. The home was at 812 Payne's Church Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5233896, 5233898, 5233899, 5234004, 5234005, 5234210, 5234002, 5234003, 5234007, 5234211, 5234212, 5234282, 5234008, 5234009, 5234281, 5234012, 5234006, 5234283, 5234284, 5234285, 5234279, 5234280, 5233897, 5234001, 5234010, 5234011, 5234286.