[BNAWX] Short Term Forecast

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FPUS74 KOHX 170959
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004

TNZ008>011-027>034-059>066-075-077>080-095-171200-
BEDFORD-CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-DEKALB-FENTRESS-GILES-
GRUNDY-JACKSON-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-
RUTHERFORD-SMITH-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-
WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BYRDSTOWN...CARTHAGE...CELINA...COLUMBIA...
COOKEVILLE...CROSSVILLE...FRANKLIN...GAINSBORO...GALLATIN...
HARTSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...LAFAYETTE...LEBANON...LEWISBURG...
LIVINGSTON...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...MONTEAGLE...MURFREESBORO...
NASHVILLE...PULASKI...SHELBYVILLE...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...SPENCER...
WOODBURY
445 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004

.NOW...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN PRODUCES HIGH WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU UNTIL
NOON.

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU UNTIL
10 AM.

BETWEEN NOW AND 7 AM...YOU CAN EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TO
CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BYRDSTOWN...TO
MURFREESBORO...CENTERVILLE...AND WAYNESBORO. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. SINCE THE STRONG WINDS COMMENCED LAST
NIGHT...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
ACROSS THE AREA...AND MORE TREES AND BRANCHES WILL PROBABLY COME
DOWN TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN
PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING ALONG THE PLATEAU. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER
3 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH DAWN. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE HALF AND
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON.

REMEMBER...NEVER CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IT
IS VERY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE DEPTH AND SPEED OF THE WATER...
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. IF YOU COME UPON A FLOODED HIGHWAY...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

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