[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
427 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT MAY CAUSE
ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RAPIDLY RISE FURTHER OVER
AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO
LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF THIS AFTERNOON...AND ANY RAINFALL
FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
427 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEDFORD...BENTON...CANNON...
 CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DEKALB...
 DICKSON...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
 HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...
 MAURY...MONTGOMERY...OVERTON...PERRY...PICKETT...PUTNAM...
 ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...
 TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON
 AND WILSON.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT

* AS MUCH AS 2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
  ACROSS PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS OF THIS AFTERNOON.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE
  WATCH AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WITH
  PASSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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LAROSA

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