[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
940 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
   THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WESTPOINT...ST. JOSEPH...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
   THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WAYNESBORO...COLLINWOOD...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 936 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING CONTINUING ACROSS WAYNE AND WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
SEVERAL ROADWAYS WERE FLOODED OR WASHED OUT WITH HOMES THREATENED BY
FLOOD WATERS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOW MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...BUT MORE
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE DEVELOPING WHICH COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL
ONE HALF TO 1 INCH OF RAIN TO WAYNE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH
THE REST OF THE EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8798 3529 8798 3530 8802 3539 8802
      3539 8798 3541 8797 3543 8801 3546 8798
      3547 8784 3549 8773 3547 8765 3544 8764
      3540 8757 3540 8752 3542 8748 3542 8745
      3500 8736

$$

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