[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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Thu Apr 2 22:36:25 CDT 2009


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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1036 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CELINA...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 1035 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA.
  THIS MAY LEAD TO RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY
  LINE CREEK AND HURRICANE CREEK...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN
  CLAY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8528 3655 8529 3652 8543 3643 8549
      3650 8562 3650 8569 3652 8571 3651 8573
      3650 8572 3651 8575 3663 8576

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