[BNAWX] Flash Flood Statement

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WGUS74 KOHX 202123
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
423 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014

TNC159-169-189-202245-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SMITH TN-TROUSDALE TN-WILSON TN-
423 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WILSON...SOUTHEASTERN TROUSDALE AND WESTERN SMITH
COUNTIES...

AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
INTENSE RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE
WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING INTO THIS
EVENING.

LOCATIONS AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CEDAR CREEK IN EASTERN WILSON COUNTY...ROUND LICK CREEK IN EASTERN
WILSON AND WESTERN SMITH COUNTIES...AND AREAS SOUTH OF HARTSVILLE IN
TROUSDALE COUNTY. ALSO...LOCATIONS NEAR DIXON SPRINGS...DICKERSON
CHAPEL RECREATION AREA...AND TUCKERS CROSSROADS.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

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LAT...LON 3632 8628 3638 8605 3614 8596 3609 8623

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