[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 122237
FLSOHX

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

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MAURY TN-LEWIS TN-LAWRENCE TN-
537 PM CDT TUE OCT 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE TRAINING OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LOCATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
LEWIS...MAURY...AND LAWRENCE COUNTY LINES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RESULTED IN UP TO THREE
INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS...WITH A POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...AND MOVE ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS...THROUGH
830 PM CDT.

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE...AND PLEASE
EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON THESE ROADWAYS. ALSO...MINOR
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY IN LOW LYING AND POORLY
DRAINED 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.
&&

LAT...LON 3548 8736 3553 8724 3545 8718 3540 8730

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