5 flash flood, 1 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 Mar 5, 3:55 AM CST, 13 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 355 AM CST FRI MAR 5 2004 DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE LINE OF STORMS WEST WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH SUPPORT FOR EARLIER LINEAR MCS LIFTS AWAY NORTH. WILL LOWER RAIN CHANCE TODAY... AS SCATTERED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES AND AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL BUT SOUTHWEST. IN SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE...ANOTHER ROUND OF ORGANIZED STORMS IS EXPECTED TO FIRE...IN ASSOCIATION WITH APPROACH OF DEEP UPPER TROUGH. QUICK CHANGE IN LATER (05/06Z) MODEL OUTPUT WITH FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. FFA WILL BE ISSUED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SURFACE FRONT LOOKS SLOWER TOO. HIGH CONFIDENCE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. FFG VALUES STILL FAIRLY HIGH...BUT PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CLOSE TO TWO INCHES AND STRONG VERTICAL MOTION...CONVECTIVE RAINFALL LOOKS FLASHY. SHEAR PROFILES QUITE STRONG...SO THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR WIND DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. COLD FRONT EAST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY MORNING. SO THE PRECIPITATION CHANCE SHUTS OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP UP A SLIGHT CHANCE PLATEAU WITH LINGERING L/L MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW. && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CST FRI MAR 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 FRI MAR 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID STATE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...WITH THE LIKELY TIME FRAME BEING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WITH UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES IN LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GIRODO ROSE
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
5 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding was occurring near Smyrna Airport.
Police Dept. reported flooding along Highway 141 in the northern part of the county.
City streets were closed due to high water.
Trees were blown down. A gazebo was blown away on U.S. Highway 64 west.
Highway 7 was under water near Ardmore.
Trained Spotter reported ditches were overflowing and street flooding in Tullahoma.
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, March 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: 5389534, 5389535, 5389533, 5389531, 5389532, 5389536.