[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
303 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED IN PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.LOCATIONS AROUND LINDEN...CENTERVILLE...COLUMBIA AND HOHENWALD
HAVE ALREADY HAD 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH REPORTS OF
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. AN ADDITION 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL
OVER THE SAME AREA CAUSING MAJOR LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. THE
REST OF THE MID STATE HAS NOT HAS QUITE AS MUCH RAIN...BUT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOST AREAS...FLOODING COULD OCCUR
ANYWHERE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

TNZ011-032>034-065-066-078>080-031000-
/O.EXA.KOHX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090504T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY-
VAN BUREN-
303 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CUMBERLAND...FENTRESS...
 GRUNDY...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...VAN BUREN...WARREN AND
 WHITE.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* A FRONTAL ZONE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT HELPING
  PRODUCE POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR OVER THE
  CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-031000-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090504T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DEKALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
303 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
 AREAS...BEDFORD...BENTON...CANNON...CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...
 DAVIDSON...DEKALB...DICKSON...GILES...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
 HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...
 MAURY...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...
 STEWART...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WAYNE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* A FRONTAL ZONE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT HELPING
  PRODUCE POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
  PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAVE ALREADY HAD OVER 6
  INCHES OF RAIN. AN ADDITION 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.
  THIS COULD CAUSE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE HAS HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS...ESPECIALLY AROUND
  LINDEN...HOHENWALD...CENTERVILLE AND COLUMBIA.

* THE PUBLIC AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR MAJOR
  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE. THIS INCLUDES
  FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOST CREEKS AND STREAM
  WILL LIKELY RISE ABOVE BANKFULL...AND FLOODING OF SOME MAJOR
  RIVERS IS ALSO EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

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