[BNAWX] Flash Flood Statement

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WGUS74 KOHX 300554
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1244 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

TNC021-037-043-111-165-169-189-301000-
DICKSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-SUMNER TN-
WILSON TN-
1244 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR WILSON...
SUMNER...MACON...TROUSDALE...CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON AND DICKSON
COUNTIES...

AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
WARNED AREA. THERE ARE SOME INDICATION THAT THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AFTER 2 AM.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE LAST EVENING HAVE EXCEDED TWO AND ONE HALF
INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS WITH  UP TO THREE INCHES IN SOME
SPOTS...ACROSS SOUTHEAST DICKSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY
AND WESTERN DAVIDSON.

AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINS...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN
SOUTHEAST DICKSON COUNTY...BETWEEN DICKSON AND BURNS...ON GUM BRANCH
ROAD. WATER WAS OVER THE BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY 46 AND 96. ALSO WATER WAS
NEAR THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE ON NEEDMORE ROAD IN WEST WILSON COUNTY.
IN ADDITION...LOTS OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE
WARNED COUNTIES.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESTMORELAND...RED BOILING SPRINGS...PORTLAND...OLD HICKORY...
MILLERSVILLE...LAKEWOOD...LAFAYETTE...HENDERSONVILLE...HARTSVILLE...
GREEN HILL...GOODLETTSVILLE...GALLATIN AND ASHLAND CITY.

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.

LAT...LON 3662 8578 3643 8584 3643 8597 3631 8614
      3597 8601 3598 8627 3611 8650 3599 8660
      3606 8682 3601 8700 3607 8714 3603 8720
      3604 8754 3629 8744 3632 8729 3644 8714
      3634 8680 3665 8654

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