[BNAWX] Flash Flood Statement

[EMWIN Server]

WGUS74 KOHX 121815
FFSOHX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
115 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

TNC141-122000-
/O.CON.KOHX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110712T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUTNAM TN-
115 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 300
PM CDT...

AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD GENERALLY MOVED EAST OF
THE WARNED AREA...BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE
COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL
HAS OCCURRED...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL
EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...COOKEVILLE...ALGOOD AND BAXTER.

SEVERAL STREETS IN AND AROUND COOKEVILLE WERE COVERED WITH WATER
CAUSING A FEW ROAD CLOSURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 8542 3624 8541 3623 8537 3618 8526
      3606 8535 3610 8552 3603 8562 3605 8567
      3608 8570 3609 8576 3625 8579 3621 8558
      3628 8548

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