[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
248 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY
AND TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...WITH RAINFALL
BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

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SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-
RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
248 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND 3 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE
  HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU
  REGION.

* FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY.
  ALTHOUGH DRY SOIL CONDITIONS AND LOW RIVER LEVELS MAY HELP
  REDUCE THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING...LOCALIZED FLOODING
  WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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