A slow moving low pressure system developed some brief but heavy rain during the morning hours.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A slow moving low pressure system developed some brief but heavy rain during the morning hours.
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 May 6, 9:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 1000 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 .UPDATE... UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO TONIGHT. BAND OF PCPN MOVING ACROSS WEST MIDDLE TN WILL MOVE FURTHER WEST/SOUTHWEST...WHILE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY EAST. COLD CORE ALSO PRODUCING ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED STORMS AS WELL. OVERALL FORECAST IN LINE BUT MAY NEED A FEW VERY MINOR CHANGES DEPENDING ON 15Z OBS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 605 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013/ AVIATION UPDATE...FOR 12Z TAF PACKAGE... CURRENT RADAR TRENDS INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RA OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS UPPER LOW STAYS PARKED OVER NORTHERN AL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MID TN. HEAVIEST PRECIP REMAINS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN TN AND NORTHERN AL AT TAF ISSUANCE. DO BELIEVE REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON IS LIKELY SO INCLUDED -RA AT KBNA AND KCKV. AS RAIN DETERIORATES LATE TONIGHT...SATURATED GROUNDS WILL RESULT IN BR AT ALL TERMINALS. INTRODUCED BR AT ALL TERMINALS NEAR SUNRISE TOMORROW. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013/ SHORT TERM...OUR PESKY UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO HANG AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS ACTUALLY FORECAST TO WANDER FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO NEAR MURFREESBORO BY 21Z. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AS IT MIGRATES NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR FA, AND WITH WET BULB ZERO VALUES AND FREEZING LEVEL SO LOW, WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SMALL HAIL FALL FROM SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY. FRANKLIN COUNTY ACTUALLY SAW SMALL HAIL ACCUMULATE ON SUNDAY AND REPORTEDLY STILL HAD SOME STILL LINGERING ON THE GROUND EARLY THIS MORNING! DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ANY HAIL ACCUMULATIONS IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY CAN'T RULE IT OUT--AT LEAST AT A FEW SPOTS. WITH THE EXPECTATION OF SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY, ESPECIALLY OVER OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES, HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH (VALID UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING). GROUNDS ARE FULLY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS AND CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING PRETTY HIGH. BELIEVE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN, AMOUNTING TO ONLY 6 TO 8 TENTHS OF AN INCH OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, COULD ACTUALLY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOOD PROBLEMS (ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH). OUR ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN STARTS TO WIND DOWN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, AS UPPER LOW FINALLY PULLS EASTWARD, WITH ONLY SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS IN THE MID STATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LONG TERM...ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN RETURNS LATE WEEK, WITH MODELS STILL FORECASTING A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS AND A PRETTY DECENT COLD FRONT DROPPING IN ON US NEXT SATURDAY (YIPPEE! ANOTHER WET SATURDAY). FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH RATHER QUICKLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY, FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL NICE DRY AND COOLISH DAYS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TNZ058-060-061-075- 077-079-094-095. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 519 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-071030- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE- GILES- 519 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER PARTS OF THE MID STATE TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER. GROUNDS ARE SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF...ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A twitter user reported Veals Road was water covered in various places along the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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