[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
320 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

TNZ008>011-027>034-057-059-062>066-078-080-240430-
/O.EXA.KOHX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-060924T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-HICKMAN-WILLIAMSON-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-
DEKALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-VAN BUREN-
320 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...CANNON...
  CLAY...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DEKALB...FENTRESS...HICKMAN...
  JACKSON...MACON...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...
  SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WHITE...
  WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND
  TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
  HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO
  SUDDEN RAISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS
  FLOODING IN THESE SITUATIONS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE
  WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT
  WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

TNZ005>007-022>026-240430-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-
320 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...BENTON...CHEATHAM...DICKSON...
  HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY...ROBERTSON AND STEWART.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND
  TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
  HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO
  SUDDEN RAISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS
  FLOODING IN THESE SITUATIONS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE
  WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT
  WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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