[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 171314
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
814 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2009

...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AREAS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXARKANA REGION WILL CONTINUE TO STEER
MOISTURE OVER TENNESSEE TODAY...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN SOME PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN TONIGHT.

TNZ056>058-060-061-075-077>080-093>095-180000-
/O.EXA.KOHX.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-090918T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-MAURY-MARSHALL-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-
VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
814 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXPANDED THE FLOOD
WATCH IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE WATCH...
  BEDFORD...COFFEE...GILES...GRUNDY...HICKMAN...LAWRENCE
  ...LEWIS...MARSHALL...MAURY...PERRY...VAN BUREN...WARREN AND
  WAYNE.

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
  ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL PRODUCE
  HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM
  PREVIOUS RAINS...INCREASING THE RUN OFF POTENTIAL.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ005>011-022>034-059-062>066-180000-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-090918T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WILLIAMSON-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
814 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
 AREAS...BENTON...CANNON...CHEATHAM...CLAY...CUMBERLAND...
 DAVIDSON...DEKALB...DICKSON...FENTRESS...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...
 JACKSON...MACON...MONTGOMERY...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...
 ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...
 TROUSDALE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
  ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL PRODUCE
  HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM
  PREVIOUS RAINS...INCREASING THE RUN OFF POTENTIAL.

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.

&&

$$
31/JBW





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