[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
330 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED IN PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT...

.PERRY...HICKMAN...LEWIS...MAURY...MARSHALL...BEDFORD...AND COFFEE
COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY HAD 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH
REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. OTHER AREAS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2.5 INCHES
OF RAINFALL. AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY
AN ADDITION 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF THE MIDSTATE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
COULD FALL OVER THE NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA. THIS MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR LIFE
THREATENING 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-
330 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* A FRONTAL ZONE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT HELPING
  PRODUCE POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY
  AND TONIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. LESSER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN
  THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.


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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