[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 040852
FFAOHX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
352 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN POSSIBLE FLOODING TO
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD AND
PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY. A BAND OF
STEADY...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD AS
WELL AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. THIS PERSISTENT RAINFALL ON TOP OF
ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

TNZ005>007-022>027-056>061-093>095-041700-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-
WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
352 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

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

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  COUNTIES...BENTON...CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...DICKSON...GILES...
  HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL...
  MAURY...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...ROBERTSON...STEWART...WAYNE AND
  WILLIAMSON.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* A BAND OF PERSISTENT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
  TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN
  RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 4
  INCHES POSSIBLE...LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
  WILL FALL BETWEEN THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND I-65 ON SATURDAY.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS AS RIVER LEVELS
  ARE IT AN ELEVATED STATE.

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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TNZ008>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-041700-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.A.0001.130504T1200Z-130506T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-
OVERTON-FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
352 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* A BAND OF PERSISTENT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PUSH
  EAST OF I-65 TODAY AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS DURATION OF RAIN
  WILL RESULT IN 2-4 INCHES OF RAINFALL AREA WIDE...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL
  FALL ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-24 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING
  THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE
  POSSIBLE AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS AS RIVER LEVELS
  ARE IT AN ELEVATED STATE.

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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