[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 162153
FLSOHX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
453 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

TNC189-170030-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090917T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WILSON TN-
453 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING RAIN CONTINUING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT AT A SLOWER RATE. RAINFALL DURING
THE LAST HOUR HAS BEEN AROUND ONE HALF INCH. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST WILSON COUNTY THIS EVENING...SOME OF IT WILL
LIKELY BE HEAVY.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3617 8608 3607 8605 3606 8605 3596 8600
      3598 8609 3596 8616 3598 8629 3599 8630
      3616 8632 3618 8620

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