[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
258 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

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258 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY...
  DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD...
  STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 258 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...WAS MOVING EAST...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING
BEHIND THIS LINE...PRODUCING EVEN MORE HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND
MANY AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH. THUS...ANY
ADDITIONAL...AND PROLONGED...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE THE
LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3661 8665 3644 8675 3644 8690 3608 8709
      3586 8819 3638 8807 3638 8801 3643 8806
      3663 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0758Z 180DEG 0KT 3654 8750

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