[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 040811
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
311 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.

.FLOODING RAINS FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
INCLUDING THE PLATEAU.

TNZ011-032>034-061-063>066-075-077>080-093>095-041615-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.A.0006.110905T0500Z-110906T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PICKETT-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-MARSHALL-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
311 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE...
   CUMBERLAND...DE KALB...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...LAWRENCE...
   MARSHALL...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...VAN BUREN...WARREN...
  WAYNE AND WHITE.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
  TENNESSEE VALLEY AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE MOVES
  NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND A COLD FRONT
  PUSHES INTO REGION FROM THE NORTH. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN
  ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
  MOST LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE  AREA...ESPECIALLY
  IN POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION...WITH THE AMOUNT OF
  RAINFALL EXPECTED...DRY SOILS WILL QUICKLY SATURATE LEADING TO
  RAPID RUNOFF INTO RIVERS AND CREEKS...AND RESULTING IN EXTREMELY
  DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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BOYD



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