[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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WGUS44 KOHX 162314
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
614 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

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PUTNAM TN-JACKSON TN-
614 PM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN FALLING
ACROSS PUTNAM COUNTY. HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD DURING
THE EVENING AND INTO PUTNAM COUNTY...WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE
ALREADY EXCEEDED 6 INCHES IN THE COOKEVILLE AREA. STREETS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED FROM EARLIER RAINS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE
AN ALREADY SERIOUS PROBLEM IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. SOUTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FLOOD WARNING SINCE THEY HAVE RECEIVED
A LITTLE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3611 8514 3611 8523 3598 8525 3601 8531
      3604 8531 3609 8549 3608 8555 3602 8564
      3608 8569 3608 8577 3613 8581 3617 8578
      3620 8580 3626 8580 3626 8581 3628 8580
      3627 8564 3631 8550 3624 8541 3614 8510

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