4 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 Jul 31, 2:43 AM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 343 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2003 CURRENTLY, SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THE HIGHER TOPPED CLOUDS PULLING NORTHEASTWARD, SO WE SHOULD SEE A GENERAL DECREASE IN ACTIVITY BETWEEN NOW AND SUNRISE. ONCE AGAIN, THE AVIATION MODEL IS THE MOST ACTIVE, ALTHOUGH ALL MODELS PULL A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WITH ATTENDANT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TROUGH THE MID STATE BY TONIGHT. POPS ARE MUCH HIGHER TODAY, GOING FROM 40 IN THE EXTREME WEST TO 80 ALONG THE UPPER PLATEAU. MID- AND UPPER-LEVELS WILL DRY OUT CONSIDERABLY LATER TODAY, WITH RAIN CHANCES DROPPING CONSIDERABLY BY THE EVENING. HOWEVER, LOOK FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO GRADUALLY RELOAD IN PREPARATION FOR THE WEEKEND. WITH UPPER LOW REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, LOOK FOR US TO REMAIN IN A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES KEEPING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH THE 7-DAY FORECAST. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION AFTER TODAY APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF YET ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT. OTHERWISE, THERE ARE NO REAL CHANGES TO THIS MORNINGS ZONE FORECAST ISSUANCE. BNA 84/69/88/71/88 62233 CSV 79/64/85/65/82 84233 .BNA...NONE. ROSE
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-011030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN PROBLEM FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREA. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA ON SATURDAY AND CREATE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS A POSSIBILITY ON SATURDAY. 19
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:01 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous streets and secondary roads were under water, including West Main St. Also, numerous houses were also flooded. At least 6 businesses, including the courthouse had flooding problems.
TDOT reported numerous roads were under water, including around the Dale Hollow Lake area.
Spotter reported roads were closed in the northern part of the county.
Several homes were flooded with 3 feet of water in them along Gallatin Pike. The flash flood event ended on August 1, 0100 AM CST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 2003
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: 5373753, 5373755, 5373754, 5373756.