Moderate to heavy rain spread across Middle Tennessee during the late evening hours on March 28 and continue into the morning hours on March 29. Rainfall totals ranged from around 1 inch up to nearly 5 inches, with a few reports of flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy rain spread across Middle Tennessee during the late evening hours on March 28 and continue into the morning hours on March 29. Rainfall totals ranged from around 1 inch up to nearly 5 inches, with a few reports of flash flooding.
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 28, 8:48 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 948 PM CDT Wed Mar 28 2018 .UPDATE... FOR EVENING DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... Moderate/heavy rain remains in the works for locations mainly west of I-65. HiRes models continue to show widespread rain/iso storms well into the early morning hours across much of our west...finally tapering off 09-10z or so. Isolated flooding very possible...although instability/shear weaker the further north. Incoming storms are expected to weaken as they move into middle TN but are likely to train some across our southwest. Have realigned pops slightly but overall trends very close to ongoing forecast. Flood watch remains in effect as is through Thursday. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF DISCUSSION. An axis of rain is moving into western parts of Middle Tennessee. Light rain is already starting in Nashville. Expect precip to continue for the next several hours, bringing MVFR ceilings and low visibilities BNA, MQY, and CKV this evening and early Thursday morning. There may be a brief break in the precip in the early afternoon, then light precip is expected to move across the area Thursday evening. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch through Thursday evening for Cheatham-Clay-Davidson- Dickson-Hickman-Houston-Humphreys-Jackson-Lawrence-Lewis-Macon- Maury-Montgomery-Perry-Robertson-Rutherford-Smith-Stewart-Sumner- Trousdale-Wayne-Williamson-Wilson. && DISCUSSION......07 AVIATION........11
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Nashville TN 459 AM CDT Wed Mar 28 2018 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-291000- Stewart-Montgomery-Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Clay-Pickett-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- 459 AM CDT Wed Mar 28 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and tonight in areas generally south of I-40 and west of I-65. This includes the cities of Columbia, Lawrenceburg, Centerville and Linden. Damaging straight-line winds will be the primary threat. A Flood Watch is in effect tonight and tomorrow for most of Middle Tennessee west of the Cumberland Plateau as a quasi-stationary front develops across the mid state. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The Flood Watch will continue through Thursday. Total rainfall amounts from Wednesday morning through Thursday will range from less than an inch across the Cumberland Plateau to 3 to 4 inches around Clarksville, Springfield, Waverly, Dover, Centerville and surrounding areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today and tomorrow.
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 1008 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018 TNZ057>060-290400- Hickman TN-Williamson TN-Lewis TN-Maury TN- 1008 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS...NORTHWESTERN MAURY...WEST CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... At 1008 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northeast of Hohenwald, moving northeast at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Columbia, Centerville, Santa Fe, Gordonsburg, Hampshire, Williamsport and Primm Springs. This includes Interstate 840 between mile markers 7 and 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3550 8746 3571 8759 3596 8719 3567 8692 TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 238DEG 24KT 3562 8746 Whitehead
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Nashville TN
1044 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018
TNZ027-059-060-062-290430-
Rutherford TN-Williamson TN-Davidson TN-Maury TN-
1044 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DAVIDSON...NORTHWESTERN
RUTHERFORD...NORTHEASTERN MAURY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM
CDT...
At 1043 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of Spring Hill, or 9 miles north of Columbia, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Murfreesboro, Franklin, Columbia, Smyrna, Brentwood, La Vergne,
Spring Hill, Nolensville, Forest Hills, Oak Hill, Belle Meade,
Thompson's Station, Antioch, Eagleville, Berry Hill, Natchez Trace At
Highway 96, Triune, Santa Fe and Leipers Fork.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3620 8667 3583 8638 3561 8714 3578 8723
3593 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 237DEG 43KT 3576 8708
WhiteheadThe Nashville radar (KOHX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:45 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a house at 3201 Toddway Court in Donelson causing damage to the home.
A few roads were closed due to flooding across Trousdale County, and one motorist was stranded in the flood waters. Several creeks and streams were also near bankful.
The Linden Water Plant measured 4.38 inches of rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 748428, 748429, 748430.