[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

[EMWIN Server]

WGUS64 KOHX 031439
FFAOHX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
939 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

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

.PERRY...HICKMAN...LEWIS...MAURY...MARSHALL...BEDFORD...AND
COFFEE COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY HAD 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH
REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. OTHER AREAS RANGE FROM 1 TO
2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO MIDDLE
TENNESSEE TODAY AN ADDITION 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER
THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF THE MID STATE. THIS MUCH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR LIFE THREATENING
FLOODING.

TNZ005>010-023-025>031-031545-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090504T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-HOUSTON-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
939 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THIS IS FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE
40...INCLUDING NASHVILLE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY OCCUR. HOWEVER...AMOUNTS SHOULD
BE LESS THAN ONE INCH FOR MOST LOCATIONS NORTH OF I 40...SO
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN NORTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

$$

TNZ011-022-024-032>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-032245-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-090504T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKETT-BENTON-HUMPHREYS-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-
LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
939 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 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...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...
 DEKALB...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS...
 LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL...MAURY...OVERTON...PERRY...
 PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...
 WHITE AND WILLIAMSON.

* 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 THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY
  AND TONIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. LESSER
  AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN
  THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.

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.

&&

$$

13



This weather bulletin was brought to you by:
www.nashvilleweather.net