[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
314 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-140000-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
314 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
TODAY...

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH AT LEAST THE AFTERNOON HOURS
TODAY...WITH RAIN CONTINUING TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THIS CONTINUED
RAINFALL WILL BE THE RESULT OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING AND THEN
MOVING INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE...INCLUDING THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION...BY THIS AFTERNOON.

AS OF 3 AM CDT TODAY...SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 65
CORRIDOR...INCLUDING IN AND AROUND THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA...HAVE
ALREADY EXPERIENCED AROUND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE MID STATE ON AVERAGE HAVE EXPERIENCED BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A
HALF OF AN INCH.

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ACROSS MOST AREAS BY LATE
TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE INCH FROM THE
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY ACROSS WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO IN
EXCESS OF TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED 3 INCH AMOUNTS...ACROSS
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION...WILL BE POSSIBLE.

MINOR STREET FLOODING AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN
THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED
LOCATIONS. RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO OUR
RECENT DRY WEATHER PATTERN.

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