2 flash flood, 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 Jun 6, 2:04 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 304 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2002 CURRENTLY, COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE, WITH CONVECTION CONTINUING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT, AND RAIN EXTENDING AS FAR BACK AS JBR. SOME OF THE RAINFALL IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS BECOME QUITE HEAVY, ESPECIALLY AROUND FAIRVIEW. EXPECT FRONTAL PASSAGE AT BNA BY 11Z, WITH FOCUS SHIFTING TO THE PLATEAU LATER THIS MORNING. MODELS SHOW MOISTURE EXITING THE MID STATE LATER TODAY, TO BE REPLACED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES FOR A FEW DAYS. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES DONT APPEAR TO DROP AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED, AFTER 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90+ READINGS AT NASHVILLE, TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN APPEARS TO OCCUR SUNDAY, AS GULF MOISTURE ADVECTS NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM. .BNA...NONE. ROSE
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads closed in Nashville due to high water.
EMA reported scattered flooding in low lying areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2002
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: 5297257, 5297258.