[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

.A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER
THIS EVENING, BRINGING MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE MID
STATE THROUGH TOMORROW. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES. RAINFALL RATES IN THUNDERSTORMS OF 3 TO
4 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEDFORD...BENTON...CANNON...
 CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DEKALB...
 DICKSON...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
 HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...
 MAURY...MONTGOMERY...OVERTON...PERRY...PICKETT...PUTNAM...
 ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...
 TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON
 AND WILSON.

* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER
  THIS EVENING, PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL
  FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TOMORROW.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL LIKELY TOTAL 1 TO 3
  INCHES, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED TOMORROW.
  RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WITH WATER LEVELS ALREADY RUNNING HIGH ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE,
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY SEND AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.

ADDITIONALLY, INTENSE RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY QUICKLY
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS.

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