[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
443 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...FLASH FLOODING WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

.THE GROUND ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL BECOME SATURATED
AS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
ON TUESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH
THE MID STATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID STATE WILL BE POSSIBLE...
RESULTING IN POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. FROM
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE FROM FIVE INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA...TO AROUND TWO INCHES ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
REGION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.

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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
443 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEDFORD...BENTON...CANNON...
 CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DE KALB...
 DICKSON...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
 HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...
 MAURY...MONTGOMERY...OVERTON...PERRY...PICKETT...PUTNAM...
 ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...
 TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON
 AND WILSON.

* FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

*TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED
 GROUND CONDITIONS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS  POSSIBLE...
 ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.

*THE SOIL RUNOFF OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE DURING THE WATCH PERIOD
 AS THE GROUND MAY ALREADY BE SATURATED PRIOR TO TUESDAY NIGHT.
 THIS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS
 AND STREAMS. RIVER FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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