[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
317 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...

.WITH MUCH OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ALREADY
SOAKED...WE EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLOODING IN MANY AREAS.

TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-021630-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FA.A.0003.090503T0900Z-090504T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DEKALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
317 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING

* A FRONTAL ZONE IS LOCATED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND IS EXPECTED
  TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE BORDER
  WITH ALABAMA BY TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO
  SWEEP ACROSS THE MIDSTATE OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING AN
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL TO THE AREA THAT HAS
  ALREADY BEEN SOAKED WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

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JLM





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