[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 212154
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
454 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010

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DAVIDSON TN-
454 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LP FIELD...NASHVILLE...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 451 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. EXPECT DOWNPOURS TO
PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3617 8655 3614 8654 3614 8652 3611 8653
      3610 8651 3607 8653 3607 8654 3604 8655
      3602 8659 3598 8660 3601 8675 3604 8678
      3605 8693 3599 8704 3608 8704 3619 8698

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