[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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Mon Aug 6 03:54:58 CDT 2012


WGUS84 KOHX 060854
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
354 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

TNC049-133-137-061145-
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OVERTON TN-PICKETT TN-FENTRESS TN-
354 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER EASTERN
OVERTON COUNTY AND WESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED IN THE AREA BETWEEN LIVINGSTON AND JAMESTOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 52.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES MAY LEAD TO SOME STREAMS
OVERFLOWING BANKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3651 8498 3629 8496 3625 8528 3642 8531

$$

JLM





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