[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
556 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

TNC003-015-027-031-035-041-049-055-061-087-099-101-111-117-119-133-
135-137-141-149-159-175-177-181-185-189-022230-
/O.CON.KOHX.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100502T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAURY TN-WARREN TN-CANNON TN-WHITE TN-PERRY TN-DEKALB TN-
CUMBERLAND TN-PUTNAM TN-RUTHERFORD TN-VAN BUREN TN-SMITH TN-
JACKSON TN-OVERTON TN-FENTRESS TN-PICKETT TN-CLAY TN-MACON TN-
MARSHALL TN-COFFEE TN-BEDFORD TN-LEWIS TN-GRUNDY TN-WAYNE TN-
LAWRENCE TN-GILES TN-WILSON TN-
556 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...GILES...LAWRENCE...WAYNE...GRUNDY...
SOUTHERN LEWIS...BEDFORD...COFFEE...MARSHALL...EXTREME EASTERN
MACON...CLAY...PICKETT...FENTRESS...OVERTON...JACKSON...EASTERN
SMITH...VAN BUREN...SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD...PUTNAM...CUMBERLAND...
DEKALB...SOUTHERN PERRY...WHITE...CANNON...WARREN AND SOUTHERN MAURY
COUNTIES...

AT 555 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM THE ALABAMA BORDER THROUGH
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS...
HIGHWAYS...AND HOMES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND REPORTS OF WATER
RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM NUMEROUS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 8800 3553 8797 3551 8726 3599 8618
      3599 8587 3663 8581 3660 8477 3640 8465
      3616 8489 3591 8467 3577 8491 3576 8524
      3557 8542 3554 8560 3538 8549 3523 8571
      3522 8589 3541 8627 3527 8681 3499 8684

$$

LAROSA



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