[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 271325
FLSOHX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
825 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-
825 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
HUMPHREYS...BENTON...STEWART...NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN CHEATHAM...HOUSTON...DICKSON...PERRY AND
WESTERN HICKMAN COUNTIES...

AT 806 AM CDT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT HAVE
CAUSED AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE...AND WILL REMAIN HIGH
THROUGH TODAY. THE FLOOD WARNING COVERING THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE
EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVES
THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

IN ROBERTSON COUNTY NEAR SPRINGFIELD...FLOODING OF ROADS WAS
REPORTED...INCLUDING CATHOLIC CHURCH ROAD AND FLEWELLYN
ROAD...PALESTINE ROAD...EDD ROSS ROAD...TURNERVILLE ROAD...HIGHWAY
49 AT HIGHWAY 25...STROUDVILLE ROAD...TOBY DARDIN ROAD...AND OLD
GREENBRIER PIKE.

IN CHEATHAM COUNTY...FLOODING OF LOCKERS FIELD ROAD...SWEET HOME
ROAD AT SPRING CREEK...AND ON SOUTH MAIN AND CHESTNUT.

IN HICKMAN COUNTY...MULTIPLE ROADS WERE FLOODED INCLUDED HIGHWAY
438...HIGHWAY 230...48N AND DEFEATED CREEK.

IN STEWART COUNTY...WATER EVACUATIONS WERE MADE ALONG THE 4000 BLOCK
OF HIGHWAY 49.

IN DICKSON COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE IMPASSABLE
DUE TO FLOOD WATERS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 49...HIGHWAY 48 AT EAST
PINEY ROAD...AND SULPHUR FORK ROAD.

IN HOUSTON COUNTY...OLD HIGHWAY 49 WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED...HIGHWAY
149 AND MANY OTHER COUNTY ROADS WERE BLOCKED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.

IN BENTON COUNTY...NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE
FLOODED.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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 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

$$

LAROSA


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