[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KOHX 160204
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
904 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN BENTON
  COUNTY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
  AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PLEASANT HILL TO KENTUCKY LAKE LINE HAVE
  RECEIVED AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH
  LOCATIONS NEAR THE BENTON/DECATUR LINE ON THE INTERSTATE 40
  CORRIDOR RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 8.32 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL PER
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.

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 3601 8820 3603 8800 3599 8799 3597 8801
      3594 8800 3593 8798 3586 8798 3585 8821

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31/JBW





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