[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 120959
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
359 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2013

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON SUNDAY...

.A SURGE OF WARM AND MOIST AIR TODAY WILL LEAVE THE ATMOSPHERE
PRIMED FOR FLASH FLOODING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE MID-
STATE ON SUNDAY. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT
RAINFALL ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF IN TO AREA
CREEKS AND STREAMS. INTENSE SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING
THUNDERSTORMS IS WHERE THE GREATEST THREAT WILL OCCUR AS RAINFALL
RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...LEADING TO
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 3 INCHES.

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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-
359 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

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.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

* PASSING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING INTENSE
  RAINFALL RATES AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES.

* THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS AND
  STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

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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