[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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Wed Jul 15 22:29:51 CDT 2009


WGUS54 KOHX 160329
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1029 PM CDT WED JUL 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF A HILHAM TO ROCKY RIDGE LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
  HAVE PRODUCED HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN
  STATE ROAD 111 AND STATE ROAD 84 AND UP TO 4 INCHES OVER A THREE
  HOUR PERIOD IN THIS AREA ALSO PER DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. AT
  LEAST AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER
  THESE AREAS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED 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.

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 3640 8512 3636 8511 3631 8512 3621 8508
      3615 8512 3618 8524 3622 8533 3623 8533
      3623 8535 3628 8546 3634 8549 3641 8548

$$
31/JBW





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