[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KOHX 302317
FFWOHX
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/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.W.0025.140830T2317Z-140831T0215Z/
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
617 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEWISBURG...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OCCURRING OVER MARSHALL COUNTY. SOME SPOTS IN MARSHALL COUNTY
HAVE LIKELY RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING...
AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER SOME
LOCATIONS BY 700 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAPEL
  HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3527 8678 3529 8683 3532 8684 3531 8686
      3532 8690 3539 8693 3541 8692 3543 8695
      3554 8684 3570 8679 3571 8668 3569 8664
      3546 8667 3535 8663

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