[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 112322
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2007

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621 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS IN...
  SMITH COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 615 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF
  SMITH COUNTY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POORLY
  DRAINED...LOW LYING...AREAS...AND SMALL STREAMS. THE HEAVIEST
  RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG PEYTON CREEK...NORTH OF CARTHAGE...WHERE
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN
  BETWEEN 515 PM AND 615 PM THIS EVENING.


MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

LAT...LON 3613 8606 3613 8584 3639 8585 3635 8606

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