[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 230901
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
401 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE
TODAY AND TONIGHT...

TNZ005>007-022>026-231715-
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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-
401 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...BENTON...
  CHEATHAM...DICKSON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY...
  ROBERTSON AND STEWART.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT
  AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2
  TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO
  SUDDEN RAISES IN WATER LEVELS ALONG CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS.
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO DANGEROUS
  FLOODING IN THESE SITUATIONS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE
  WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT
  WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HARD TO JUDGE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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