[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 041156
FLSOHX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
655 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

TNC003-015-037-041-055-081-099-101-111-117-119-135-149-159-169-181-
187-189-041400-
/X.CON.KOHX.FA.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080404T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAURY TN-HICKMAN TN-CANNON TN-PERRY TN-DEKALB TN-WILLIAMSON TN-
RUTHERFORD TN-DAVIDSON TN-SMITH TN-TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-MARSHALL TN-
BEDFORD TN-LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-GILES TN-WILSON TN-
655 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR WILSON...
GILES...LAWRENCE...WAYNE...LEWIS...BEDFORD...MARSHALL...MACON...
TROUSDALE...SMITH...DAVIDSON...RUTHERFORD...WILLIAMSON...NORTHWESTERN
DEKALB...PERRY...NORTHERN CANNON...HICKMAN AND MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 653 AM CDT...RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN THE WARNING AREA...AND
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. RUNOFF
FROM THIS RAIN...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN FROM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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 WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3661 8581 3618 8590 3599 8573 3571 8629
      3544 8632 3543 8666 3531 8689 3503 8691
      3503 8796 3579 8794 3582 8770 3595 8748
      3591 8720 3602 8699 3626 8682 3620 8654
      3632 8622 3663 8614

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LAROSA



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