2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Dec 9, 3:50 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE FLOOD WATCH INFORMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 350 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 ..DISCUSSION... POLAR JET HAS INCREASED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG AND DEEP LIFT OVERCOMING STABLE SURFACE CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS THUSFAR. IR SATELLITE SHOWS COLD TOPS TO -75 C IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...IN VICINITY OF WARM FRONT. THIS WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH TODAY...AND BASED ON THE LATEST MODELS...SHOULD GET INTO SOUTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. SO FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD...AND CONSIDERING RECENT RAINS AND FFG VALUES...WILL EXPAND WATCH NORTH AND EAST. 09/00Z ETA/NGM MODELS IMPLY THAT FLOOD THREAT COULD GO INTO THE EVENING. GFS NOT SHOWING THIS...AND WITH UPPER WIND MAX/DEEP LIFT SHIFTING EAST IN ALL THE MODELS...FFA RUNS UNTIL 4 PM CST TODAY. TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY MORE SOUTH...APPEARS LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA WITH THIS SYSTEM. MODELS SHOW APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH AND COLD POOL ALOFT PRODUCING DESTABILIZING IN THE MODELS TONIGHT. H5 FLOW REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH RAIN CHANCE SCATTERED...WITH CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MOS GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK TOO COOL. COLD AIR WORKS TO THE SURFACE ON FRIDAY...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THERE REMAINS GOOD MOISTURE IN THE 1000/700-MB LAYER FRIDAY NIGHT...AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE COULD SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT (H8 TEMPERATURE GO SUB-FREEZING). WILL CONTINUE -RA/-SN CHANCE INTO SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LOW-LAYER MOISTURE SLOW TO DEPART AND GFS H8 TEMPS -6 TO -7 C. NO ACCUMS WITH SURFACE TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING. REINFORCING COLD AIR COMES IN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE TREND WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 4 PM CST EXCEPT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 535 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-101030- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 535 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...UP TO 2 INCHES...ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME AREA ROADWAYS MAY BECOME COVERED BY RISING WATER. FLOODING WILL ALSO POSE A PROBLEM ON MANY OF THE MAJOR RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE ASKED TO RELAY INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY FLOODING WHICH MAY DEVELOP TODAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. GIRODO GIRODO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 813 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 TNZ075-091600- BEDFORD- 813 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 AT 806 AM, MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS FALLING OVER SHELBYVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT AN INCH OR MORE RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE MAJORITY OF BEDFORD COUNTY. AN UNOFFICIAL RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENT FROM SHELBYVILLE SHOWED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1.75 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE CITY OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING IN BEDFORD COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AM AND 930 AM, THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND HAS PREVENTED MUCH OF RAIN FROM DRAINING, AND SOME STREET FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN SHELBYVILLE, CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. ALSO, MANY OF THE AREAS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING FULL, SO THOSE PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BEWARE THE RISING WATER. ONCE THE RAIN STOPS, THE EXCESS WATER WILL SUBSIDE, BUT THIS MORNINGS COMMUTERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODED ROADWAYS. ROSE
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:32 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
TDOT reported high water on several rural roads around the county.
TDOT said that high water was on a few rural roads around the county. No roads closed, but high water signs were posted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, December 2004
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: 5430498, 5430499.