[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 010840
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
340 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...MOE FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

.A STALLED FRONT WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO OCCUR OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. RECENT RAINFALL HAS STEAMS AND RIVERS ALREADY RUNNING
HIGH...AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-PERRY-HICKMAN-
340 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BENTON...CHEATHAM...
 DICKSON...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...
 ROBERTSON AND STEWART.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND AREA
  STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED
  OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE
  COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE INCLUDING FLOODING OF
  CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
  ALSO AGGRAVATE EXISTING HIGH WATER LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS.

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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