[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 020935
FFAOHX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
435 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

...RISK OF FLOODING FOR NORTHWEST COUNTIES CONTINUES THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PLOD SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY, AND PROUDCE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST RAINS
ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST...WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 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-
435 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 3 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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