9 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 Jan 22, 2:38 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 238 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 .DISCUSSION... HAD A BIT OF A BREAK THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HEAVIER RAINFALL IS STARTING TO MOVE INTO WRN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SATELLITE IMAGES ARE SHOWING STRONGLY ENHANCED CLOUD TOPS EXTENDING SWWD ACROSS AR/NRN LA/EAST TX. GFS 12 HR ACCUMULATED PRECIP IS INDICATING 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 6 PM TO 6AM TONIGHT. GIVEN THAT THIS IS GRID SCALE PRECIP...LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. LATEST ONE HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FROM SLIDELL RFC INDICATES THAT MOST COUNTIES ARE IN THE 0.8 TO 1.8 INCHES BRACKET. GIVEN THE ANTECEDENT RAINFALL...FLOOD WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET. H5 SHORTWAVE ASSOCD WITH THIS ACTIVITY IS BACK IN CNTRL TX. A LONGER WAVE FEATURE IS LOCATED FROM THE NRN PLAINS TO THE DESERT SW. FLOOD POTENTIAL SHOULD END MONDAY MORNING WHEN THE 1ST FEATURE PASSES. THE 2ND LONGER WAVE WILL PASS MON NIGHT BRINGING MORE DRY AIR INTO THE AREA...BUT WILL GENERATE A STRONG LOW IN THE GREAT LAKES WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON MIDSTATE WEATHER IT PASSES WELL TO THE NORTH. NO SGFNT WEATHER EXPECTED TUE/WED/MOST OF THU AS THE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THEN A CUTOFF LOW...WHICH DROPPED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE 2ND LONGER WAVE FEATURE NOTED ABOVE...MOVES OUT OF SRN CA ON WED...REACHING THE MID MS VALLEY LATE THU. THIS WILL GENERATE A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOS TEMPS WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH DAY 3 WITH NO SGFNT DEVIATIONS NOTED AMONG THE MODELS. MOS POPS WERE ALL CATEGORICAL TONIGHT WITH A FEW TIMING DIFFERENCES NOTED FOR TOMORROW CONCERNING THE ENDING OF THE PRECIP THREAT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... NASHVILLE 41 48 33 57 / 100 50 10 10 CLARKSVILLE 37 49 31 56 / 100 30 10 10 CROSSVILLE 45 49 28 53 / 100 70 10 10 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM CST SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. && JLM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 519 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-231030- 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- 519 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT ...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND HALF AND TWO INCHES ...AND LOCAL AMOUNTS TO OVER THREE INCHES. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND MAY CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE ALONG SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA YOU SHOULD BE ALERT...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 120 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-222030- 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- 120 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 STORM SPOTTER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN WAYNE AND FENTRESS COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING WITHIN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THIS IS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS...SINCE 6 AM CST THIS MORNING...ARE AROUND 1 INCH IN SOUTHERN FENTRESS COUNTY TO JUST OVER 2 INCHES IN SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. CURRENTLY...RAINFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE MID STATE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS STILL EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE MIDDLE TN AREA TODAY OR TONIGHT...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND STANDING WATER WITHIN FLOOD PRONE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED AT A MINIMUM. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. 21
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One and a half feet of water was over Hately Rd. Road was impassable. By 0740 PM CST, several roads were flooded in the southern part of the county. One lady had to be rescued from her vehicle.
Streams and creeks came out of their banks about 3 miles southeast of Lawrenceburg. There was flooding of low water crossings around the southern part of the county.
There was flooding of roadways around the county including State Route 174.
Low water bridge at Hix Road was covered with water.
Several roads were impassable due to high water throughout the county. As many as 40 roads were closed due to high water. As many as 100 "Road Closed" signs were put out overnight.
Several roads were flooded in Macon County. Debris blocked a tile causing water to flow over Epperson Springs Road and washing it out. Other roads closed were King Hill Road, Phillips Hollow Road, and part of Bradley Hollow Rd. Macon County schools were delayed for an hour on Monday, January 23, while bus drivers waited for waters to recede. Long Creek was reported to have been the worst creek to flood the banks causing problems in the Shiloh area. A family had to be rescued from rising water on Bradley Hollow Road at about 11 PM CST Sunday. The family was able to drive to a nearby sewer plant, even though their driveway was blocked by high water.
High water was along Blackburn Fork Road. Jackson County schools were closed Monday, January 23 due to the wet weather.
Water flooded several homes in the area. Low water crossings were under water.
Newspaper story about several roads closed in southern Rutherford County due to high water. This included Armstorng Valley Road off New Salem Highway. Goochie Ford Road and Elam Mill Road had their slab bridges closed. High water signs were posted on New Salem Highway at Mount Vernon Road and on Shoemaker Road near Eagleville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, January 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5486598, 5486599, 5486601, 5486602, 5486600, 5486695, 5486696, 5486603, 5486604.