[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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WGUS44 KOHX 171508
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1008 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2009

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MAURY TN-MARSHALL TN-LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-GILES TN-
1008 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PULASKI...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG...
  SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEWISBURG...
  SOUTHERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1002 AM CDT... HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SOME AREAS HAVE HAD MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN
THIS MORNING. SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT OR CLOSED FROM WAYNE
COUNTY TO MAURY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS
MORNING...AND MORE FLOODED ROADS ARE LIKELY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8794 3549 8762 3571 8667 3570 8664
      3537 8670 3535 8681 3517 8697 3500 8716

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