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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1258 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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HICKMAN TN-PERRY TN-DICKSON TN-HOUSTON TN-CHEATHAM TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
ROBERTSON TN-STEWART TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
1258 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DICKSON...
  WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...
  PERRY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN...
  NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 1253 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
  FALLEN OVER THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS.

* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
  MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH
  DAYBREAK. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RISING WATER ON SMALL STREAMS...
  SOME FLOODED ROADS...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3668 8791 3665 8785 3666 8697 3558 8767
      3550 8798 3561 8803 3573 8803 3581 8798
      3581 8802 3585 8803 3585 8822 3613 8821
      3625 8810 3636 8810 3637 8800 3643 8805
      3667 8808

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