[BNAWX] Flash Flood Statement

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
628 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

TNC055-081-085-099-101-117-119-135-181-187-020130-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090502T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAURY TN-HICKMAN TN-PERRY TN-WILLIAMSON TN-MARSHALL TN-LEWIS TN-
WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-GILES TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
628 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS...GILES...LAWRENCE...WAYNE...LEWIS...
MARSHALL...SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON...PERRY...SOUTHERN HICKMAN AND
MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING INTENSE
RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPRING
HILL...MOUNT PLEASANT...LINDEN...LEWISBURG...HOHENWALD...COLUMBIA AND
CENTERVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 8800 3530 8799 3531 8802 3539 8803
      3541 8797 3544 8804 3547 8804 3549 8799
      3552 8797 3561 8803 3573 8804 3584 8795
      3583 8690 3569 8665 3532 8665 3527 8673
      3526 8681 3499 8684

$$

LAROSA




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