[BNAWX] Flood Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WGUS84 KOHX 172020
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
320 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

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SMITH TN-TROUSDALE TN-JACKSON TN-OVERTON TN-CLAY TN-MACON TN-
320 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CELINA...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GAINESBORO...
  SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...
  EAST CENTRAL TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 317 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
  THE AREA. MOST LOCATIONS HAVE HAD ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. SOME AREAS
  JUST NORTHEAST OF CARTHAGE HAVE HAD MORE THAN 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL OVER 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE.

* THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WATER TO STAND ON ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS
  WILL RISE RAPIDLY.

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 3656 8528 3654 8528 3653 8524 3622 8595
      3637 8613 3663 8553 3663 8541

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