[BNAWX] Flash Flood Statement

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WGUS74 KOHX 280427
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1127 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

TNC021-037-043-125-147-165-280630-
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ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-DAVIDSON TN-
MONTGOMERY TN-
1127 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MONTGOMERY...
NORTHERN DAVIDSON...CHEATHAM...NORTHERN DICKSON...WESTERN SUMNER AND
ROBERTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 1121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH AMOUNTS OF TWO
INCHES OR MORE ARE FALLING...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND MANY
CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RISING FAST. IN THE NASHVILLE METRO
AREA...MANSKERS CREEK NEAR MILLERSVILLE...DRY CREEK NEAR
EDENWOLD...AND WHITES CREEK NEAR WHITES CREEK WERE ALL RISING AND
FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE RIVER BASINS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...CROSS PLAINS...
GOODLETTSVILLE...GREENBRIER...HENDERSONVILLE...JOELTON...LAKEWOOD...
MADISON...MILLERSVILLE...OLD HICKORY...PORTLAND...RIDGETOP AND WHITE
HOUSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 8666 3614 8751 3665 8713 3666 8659
      3664 8656 3666 8651 3665 8638

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