[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 112024
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
324 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013

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RUTHERFORD TN-WILSON TN-
324 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MURFREESBORO...
  WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEBANON...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 314 PM CDT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF RUTHERFORD
  AND WILSON COUNTIES...LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND
  POOR DRAINING AREAS.

REPORTS OF WATER COVERED ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE SMYRNA AND
LAVERGNE AREAS...AND ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF INTENSE RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS IN URBAN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON WHERE POOR
DRAINAGE IS COMMON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A FLOOD
ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING OF
WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3629 8614 3616 8609 3571 8621 3570 8664
      3630 8644

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