[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
921 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

TNC003-005-015-021-037-041-043-055-081-083-085-099-101-111-117-119-
125-135-147-149-159-161-165-169-181-187-189-051400-
/X.CON.KOHX.FA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080405T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAURY TN-HICKMAN TN-CANNON TN-PERRY TN-DEKALB TN-WILLIAMSON TN-
DICKSON TN-RUTHERFORD TN-HOUSTON TN-DAVIDSON TN-SMITH TN-CHEATHAM TN-
TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-ROBERTSON TN-SUMNER TN-STEWART TN-
MARSHALL TN-BEDFORD TN-LEWIS TN-WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-GILES TN-
BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-WILSON TN-
921 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR
WILSON...HUMPHREYS...BENTON...GILES...LAWRENCE...WAYNE...LEWIS...
BEDFORD...MARSHALL...STEWART...SUMNER...ROBERTSON...MONTGOMERY...
MACON...TROUSDALE...CHEATHAM...SMITH...DAVIDSON...HOUSTON...
RUTHERFORD...DICKSON...WILLIAMSON...DEKALB...PERRY...CANNON...HICKMAN
AND MAURY COUNTIES...

AT 921 AM CDT...RAINFALL LAST NIGHT...AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES IN SOME
AREAS...HAS CAUSED SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD. WATER OVER
ROADS HAS BEEN REPORTED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A THREAT OF FLOODING.
AS THE RUNOFF MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE LARGER RIVERS...EXPECT THOSE TO
BEGIN FLOODING AS WELL.

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 FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3663 8578 3631 8585 3609 8579 3601 8563
      3586 8564 3583 8591 3566 8599 3571 8621
      3542 8624 3528 8679 3499 8685 3503 8801
      3580 8800 3584 8821 3613 8823 3627 8810
      3638 8810 3638 8801 3670 8806

$$

JLM




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