[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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WGUS54 KOHX 230055
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
755 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING WAS BEING
  PRODUCED FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL HICKMAN
  COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES
  AN HOUR IN AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A COBLE...TO NUNNELLY...TO
  BON AQUA LINE...AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.
&&

LAT...LON 3595 8759 3595 8756 3598 8754 3600 8754
      3600 8753 3597 8729 3579 8758 3591 8770

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31/JBW



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