[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 051851
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
151 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010

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HICKMAN TN-DICKSON TN-
151 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 149 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL DICKSON AND EXTREME NORTH HICKMAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR AND HAS DROPPED AS
MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.

THIS RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS SOUTHWEST
OF DICKSON NEAR INTERSTATE 40.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...PINEY
RIVER...WILEY BRANCH...WEST PINEY RIVER...AND BEAR CREEK.

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.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 8751 3606 8731 3596 8739 3598 8750

$$

RLH


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