[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 171753
FFAOHX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1253 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY
AND TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...WITH RAINFALL
BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.

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/O.CON.KOHX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-120918T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-
RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
1253 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  COUNTIES...BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...
  DAVIDSON...DE KALB...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...JACKSON...
  LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...MAURY...OVERTON...
  PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...
  VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND 3 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE
  HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
  REGION.

* AREAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS
  LIKELY. ALTHOUGH DRY SOIL CONDITIONS AND LOW RIVER LEVELS MAY
  HELP REDUCE THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING...LOCALIZED
  FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...SOUTH OF I-40...FLASH
  FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE
  POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
  EXISTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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