[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 290538
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1238 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2010

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CUMBERLAND TN-
1238 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1235 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY
  RAINFALL...CONTINUING TO TRAIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AS OF
  1230 AM...RAIN HAD BEEN FALLING FOR SEVERAL HOURS...AND RADAR ESTIMATES
  INDICATE AS MUCH AS INCH OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
  THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT COULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL...
  WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POORLY
  DRAINED AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN AREA OF CROSSVILLE ITSELF.

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 MAY ALSO 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 ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 8487 3575 8502 3578 8504 3578 8525
      3586 8521 3591 8521 3593 8524 3597 8525
      3611 8523 3611 8514 3592 8468

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