[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 042202
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

TNC003-005-015-021-037-041-043-055-081-083-085-099-101-111-117-119-
125-135-147-149-159-161-165-169-181-187-189-051400-
/X.CON.KOHX.FA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080405T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAURY TN-HICKMAN TN-CANNON TN-PERRY TN-DEKALB TN-WILLIAMSON TN-
DICKSON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-HOUSTON TN-DAVIDSON TN-SMITH TN-CHEATHAM TN-
TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-STEWART
TN-MARSHALL TN-BEDFORD TN-LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-GILES
TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-WILSON TN-
500 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR
WILSON...HUMPHREYS...BENTON...GILES...LAWRENCE...WAYNE...LEWIS...
BEDFORD...MARSHALL...STEWART...SUMNER...ROBERTSON...MONTGOMERY...
MACON...TROUSDALE...CHEATHAM...SMITH...DAVIDSON...HOUSTON...
RUTHERFORD...DICKSON...WILLIAMSON...DEKALB...PERRY...CANNON...HICKMAN
AND MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM CDT...LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE WARNING
AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY FALL THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT AS
A FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH MAY BE POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO
CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WAS REPORTED. SOME OF
THESE AREAS REMAIN FLOODED 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 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 3663 8578 3631 8585 3609 8579 3601 8563
      3586 8564 3583 8591 3566 8599 3571 8621
      3542 8624 3528 8679 3499 8685 3503 8801
      3580 8800 3584 8821 3613 8823 3627 8810
      3638 8810 3638 8801 3670 8806

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LAROSA



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