1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 2, 2:15 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 315 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 .DISCUSSION... H5 LOW OVER LOWER PLAINS HAS A VORT AXIS EXTENDING EWD INTO THE MIDSTATE AND ROTATING NWD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS HAS HELPED TO MAINTAIN CONVECTION OVER THE AREA. A MOIST FLOW OF MID/HI LVL MOISTURE IS EXTENDING NEWD FROM THE PLAINS LOW ACROSS LA/MS. MODELS TAKE THIS LOW AND MOVE IT NEWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND WEAKEN IT. FURTHER WEST A STRONG H5 LOW IS LOCATED OVER THE PAC NW AND WRN CANADA. THE ASSOCD TROUGH EXTENDS SSW TO THE NRN CA COAST. THE MODELS MOVE THIS TROUGH EWD TO THE CNTRL PLAINS AREA BY MID DAY SUNDAY. AS FRANCES MOVES NWWD INTO FLORIDA A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK IS EXPECTED AS THIS TROUGH MOVES FURTHER EWD AND SEWD. THE EFFECTS OF THIS TROUGH WILL BE TO PULL THE STORM NWD AND THEN EVENTUALLY NEWD BY THE BEGINNING OF MID WEEK. OF COURSE THE EXACT TRACK THE STORM WILL MAKE WILL YIELD SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE FORECAST FOR THE MIDSTATE DURING THE 1ST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. RETAINED A 20/30 POP FOR NEARLY ALL PERIODS THROUGH DAY 5. THOUGH THIS WAS THE BEST APPROACH GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRACK FOR FRANCES AND THE FACT THAT THE GFS LONG RANGE TRACK FOR THE STORM IS WELL TO THE EAST OF THE NHC PREDICTED TRACK. THIS MAKES FOR PROBLEMS IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. GRIDDED DATA MAY CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE GFS BEGINS TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE NHC TRACK. NO SIGNIFICANT DEVIATIONS FROM MOS TEMPS/WINDS. && .BNA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && JLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2004 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-031030- 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 CDT THU SEP 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE TRACK OF HURRICANE FRANCES AS IT APPROACHES FLORIDA FRIDAY. SOME PROJECTIONS HAVE THE STORM MOVING TO NORTHERN ALABAMA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE MIDSTATE AREA WOULD BE FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. BUT BE MINDFUL...THE EXACT TRACK IS STILL VERY MUCH IN DOUBT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK IF FRANCES HEADS OUR WAY. MAG
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
NWS employee reported street flooding near the intersection of Old Hicklory Boulevard and Merritt Street in the Old Hickory area of Davidson County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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