Flash Flood, Bedford
- When
- April 7, 4:15 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford County, Wartrace
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.533, -86.350
Potts Road was flooded.
Flash Flooding in Tennessee, April 7, 2005
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Apr 7, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 230 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 .SHORT TERM...(THROUGH FRI) CURRENT...WEAK STACKED SYSTEM SITUATED SOMEWHERE FROM NE MS INTO TN RVR AREA. CONVECTION HAS INCREASED LAST HOUR OR SO...WITH A SMALL HAIL REPORT OR TWO. TEMPS IN UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WEST 2/3...55 TO 60 EAST. AS SYSTEM MOVES ESE TONITE...HAIL CHANCES REMAIN CONSIDERING COLD TEMPS ALOFT AND STEEPENING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. BEST CHANCES MOST LIKELY SE 1/2. WRAP-AROUND -RN/-SHRA OVER NE AR MO BOOTHEEL THIS AFTERNOON WOULD TRANSLATE ACROSS MID STATE TONITE...SO WILL CONTINUE LIKLEY POPS. LO CHANCES OF RN FRI MORNING...WITH CLEARING FROM NW DURING THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM... CONTINUED CLEARING FRI NITE AS HI PRES BUILDS IN. WEAK RETURN FLOW BY MID DAY SUNDAY. INCREASING HI CLOUDS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS SUN NITE...THEN SHRA/TSTMS MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS MON AFTERNOON. RAINY MON NITE...AND LATEST GFS SHOWS CUT-OFF LOW FORMING TO OUR NW SO UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR A WHILE. AS FOR TEMPS...LEANED TOWARD COOLER MAV NUMBERS FOR FRI NITE...OTHEWRWISE GUID CLOSE AND ACCEPTED. BNA CE 54/67/45/74 63-0 CKV CB 53/68/44/73 62-0 CSV CW 54/61/42/69 65-0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MAG
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:30 AM CST, 11 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 530 AM CDT THU APR 7 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-081030- 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 APR 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY. WHILE MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE RIVER AND OR MINOR STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT LIKELY. 07
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 1:06 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 206 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 TNZ027-059-071950- DAVIDSON-WILLIAMSON- 206 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 ...TEXT... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND SOUTHWEST DAVIDSON COUNTY WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ABOUT ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF WILLIAMSON AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM. HAIL THE SIZE OF PEAS OR MOTH BALLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. EXPECT SOME URBAN FLOODING AS WELL. ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 1:14 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
TNZ010-011-031>034-064>066-078>080-071945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 214 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRAINING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN AN AREA OF RATHER DEEP MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...THAT HAS BEEN PERSISTENT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. AS A RESULT...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAVE TOTALED ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN THE COOKEVILLE AND SPARTA AREAS. BOYD 01
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 1:49 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TNZ006-025-072015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 249 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH THROUGH DICKSON COUNTY AT 245 PM. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS INTENSIFIED DURING THE LAST TEN MINUTES AND COULD PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS CHARLOTTE...STAYTON AND CUMBERLAND FURNACE. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST CHEATHAM COUNTY AFTER 3 PM. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. BOYD 01
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 1:55 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 255 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 TNZ008-027-072040- DAVIDSON-SUMNER- 255 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT DAVIDSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ABOUT THREE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR CAN OCCUR ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PEA TO MOTH BALL SIZE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SUMNER COUNTY FROM 2:00 THROUGH 2:30 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. EXPECT SOME URBAN FLOODING AS WELL. ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 1:55 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 255 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 CORRECTED TIME IN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TNZ008-027-072040- DAVIDSON-SUMNER- 255 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT DAVIDSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ABOUT THREE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR CAN OCCUR ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PEA TO MOTH BALL SIZE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SUMNER COUNTY FROM 3:00 THROUGH 3:30 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. EXPECT SOME URBAN FLOODING AS WELL. ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 2:16 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 316 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 TNZ028-062-072100- RUTHERFORD-WILSON- 316 PM CDT THU APR 7 2005 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY AND ALSO DEVELOP INTO ALL OF WILSON COUNTY BY 4:00 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ABOUT THREE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR CAN OCCUR ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PEA TO MOTH BALL SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. EXPECT SOME URBAN FLOODING AS WELL. END/ORCHANIAN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Wilson
- When
- April 7, 5:05 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, 6 mi S of Watertown
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.017, -86.133
Greenvale Road was flooded.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 7, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 7, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 7, 2005
- Tornado in Florida, April 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 7, 2005
- Strong Wind in California, April 7, 2005
- High Wind in Oregon, April 7 to 8, 2005
- Strong Wind in California, April 7 to 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, April 7 to 8, 2005
- High Wind in Nevada, April 7, 2005
- High Wind in Nevada, April 7, 2005
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2005
Sources
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: 5443527, 5443528.