[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1223 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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DICKSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-
1223 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHEATHAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND CITY...
  NORTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1219 PM CDT...RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE THE CUMBERLAND
  RIVER TO RISE...AND MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE RIVER
  IN CHEATHAM COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN DICKSON COUNTY.

* INFLOWS FROM THE HARPETH RIVER...SYCAMORE CREEK...AND OTHER
  TRIBUTARIES WILL CAUSE THE CUMBERLAND RIVER TO RISE APPROXIMATELY
  5 FEET...WITH FLOWS INCREASING FROM 100,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND
  TO 140,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
REPORTED...AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
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 3628 8695 3626 8696 3625 8697 3623 8697
      3614 8701 3632 8728 3641 8720

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LAROSA


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