[BNAWX] Flash Flood Statement

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WGUS74 KOHX 230214
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
914 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2009

TNC181-230430-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-090923T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WAYNE TN-
914 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...

* AT 853 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  MAJOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AROUND CLIFTON. ROADS AROUND
  CLIFTON ARE BECOMING DIFFICULT TO CROSS IN PLACES AND SEVERAL MAY
  BECOME IMPASSIBLE IF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OCCURS. SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WAYNE
  COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLIFTON...MOVING TO THE NORTH
  NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...THROUGH 1130 PM.

OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3540 8796 3546 8799 3548 8781 3524 8798
      3538 8801

$$
31/JBW





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