[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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WGUS44 KOHX 162043
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
343 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

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WILSON TN-
343 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED SEVERAL ROADS TO BE CLOSED
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF WILSON COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 231.
SEVERAL OTHER ROADS IN THIS AREA ARE EXPERIENCING PONDING OF WATER.
PONDING OF WATER HAS ALSO OCCURRED IN LOW LYING AREAS. SOME
LOCATIONS ACROSS THIS AREA HAVE EXPERIENCED UP TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAINFALL. UP TO AROUND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THESE SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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. 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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&

LAT...LON 3617 8608 3607 8605 3606 8605 3596 8600
      3598 8609 3596 8616 3598 8629 3599 8630
      3616 8632 3618 8620

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31/JBW


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