[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 181519
FLSOHX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1019 AM CDT WED AUG 18 2010

TNC015-027-041-049-087-111-133-137-141-159-165-169-189-181600-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100818T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CANNON TN-DEKALB TN-PUTNAM TN-SMITH TN-TROUSDALE TN-JACKSON TN-
OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-PICKETT TN-CLAY TN-MACON TN-SUMNER TN-
WILSON TN-
1019 AM CDT WED AUG 18 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
WILSON...EASTERN SUMNER...MACON...CLAY...PICKETT...FENTRESS...
OVERTON...JACKSON...TROUSDALE...SMITH...PUTNAM...NORTHERN DEKALB AND
NORTH CENTRAL CANNON COUNTIES...

AT 1017 AM CDT DANGEROUS FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS HAS LEAD TO
DANGEROUS FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. MANY ROADS
ARE FLOODED AND HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE...AND REPORTS OF WATER
RESCUES ARE BEING RECEIVED. THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...
DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 8479 3629 8478 3628 8486 3621 8489
      3608 8547 3608 8555 3606 8557 3593 8614
      3661 8657 3664 8655

$$

LAROSA



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