1 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 Feb 5, 2:30 AM CST, 6 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004 .SHORT TERM... RN MOVING IN QUICKLY...WITH SOME SLEET AND SNOW AT ONSET. TEMPS IN MID 30S TO MID 40S. BOUNDARY/TROF SET UP NE TO SW. .LONG TERM... MODELS NOT IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SPEED OF FRONT AND PLACEMENT OF PRECIP MAXS NEXT 24-36 HRS. AVN STILL FASTEST WITH FRONT AND ETA CLOSE...BUT BOTH ETA AND NGM HAVE HIEST PRECIP AMOUNTS AFTER 06Z TONITE WHILE AVN PERIOD B4. QPF GUYS BUYING GFS SOLUTION SO WILL LEAN TOWARD THAT. IN ANY EVENT...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PROBABLE AREA-WIDE. FLS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO UPDATE WATCH. WIND ADVISORY WILL BE POSTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONITE...ALREADY GUSTING TO 24 KTS AT FYM. THANKS FOR HEADS UP HUN. CHANCE OF LINGERING LITE RN FRI...THEN WRAP-AROUND SN POSSIBLE FRI NITE AND SAT. AS FOR TEMPS...LEANED TOWARD MAV NUMBERS. BNA RC 52/43/46/29 ++3 CKV RC 47/37/44/28 +83 CSV RR 49/45/47/27 ++5 && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT && MAG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-061130- 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- 530 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST INTO THE MIDSTATE LATER TODAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL BE QUITE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...EARLY THIS MORNING SOME ICY ROADS WILL BE A PROBLEM OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES. AT THE PRESENT TIME...THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD OF OVER 2 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE MID STATE WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PAY ATTENTION TO RADIO STATIONS... TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REQUESTS THAT TRAINED SPOTTERS AS WELL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAY REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING OR ANY OTHER WEATHER-RELATED PROBLEMS PROMPTLY TO THE WEATHER OFFICE. MAG
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:23 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
EM reported widespread flooding along Higgins Road.
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