[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KOHX 161031
FFWOHX
TNC055-161230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0057.090716T1031Z-090716T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
531 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 528 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST
  HOUR IN THE AREA JUST NORTHWEST OF MINOR HILL. MORE RAINFALL IS
  MOVING INTO THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3502 8722 3510 8722 3511 8721 3512 8721
      3514 8720 3508 8707 3507 8707 3500 8706

$$

JLM





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