[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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Mon Mar 3 21:59:17 CST 2008


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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
943 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

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943 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOHENWALD...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...
  PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN...
  STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST TUESDAY

* AT 943 PM CST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO INCHES...WITH ANOTHER ONE
TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS...ALONG WITH
FLOODED ROADWAYS AND URBAN AREAS.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.


LAT...LON 3667 8711 3647 8711 3635 8728 3630 8712
      3587 8721 3547 8740 3541 8757 3499 8763
      3499 8791 3501 8798 3542 8800 3544 8806
      3551 8798 3562 8805 3580 8800 3584 8822
      3613 8823 3635 8811 3638 8801 3668 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 180DEG 0KT 3604 8823

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BOYD

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