[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KOHX 161151
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
651 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 648 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS WILL
  LIKELY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS FLOODING
  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS GENERALLY OVER THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3522 8754 3531 8742 3514 8720 3503 8726

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JLM



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