[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 021712
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1112 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES
IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF
IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS RUNOFF WILL QUICKLY FILL UP LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINING AREAS...ALONG WITH AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
1112 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEDFORD...BENTON...CANNON...
   CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DE KALB...
  DICKSON...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
  HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...
  MAURY...MONTGOMERY...OVERTON...PERRY...PICKETT...PUTNAM...
  ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...
  TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON
  AND WILSON.

* UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES ARE
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL QUICKLY FILL UP LOW LYING AND POOR
  DRAINING AREAS...IN ADDITION TO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. URBAN
  AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM THESE STORMS.

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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LAROSA



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