[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KOHX 161001
FFWOHX
TNC099-161200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0056.090716T1001Z-090716T1200Z/
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER
  PARTS OF SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN THE AREA OF FIVE POINTS...LEOMA
  AND LORETTO.

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 3522 8754 3531 8742 3514 8720 3503 8726

$$

JLM





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