[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 122215
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
515 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 2010

TNC159-189-130015-
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SMITH TN-WILSON TN-
515 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND INTERSTATE 40 NEAR
THE WILSON...SMITH COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 715 PM CDT. PONDING OF WATER
ON INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SURROUNDING ROADWAYS...WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH 715 PM CDT ALSO. EXERCISE CAUTIONS WHILE DRIVING ON ALL
ROADWAYS ACROSS THIS AREA. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY
DRAINED AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 715 PM CDT.

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 3621 8606 3617 8601 3613 8608 3618 8614

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