[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 130135
FFAOHX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
735 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013

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

.A SURGE OF UNSEASONABLY WARM...MOIST AIR INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL 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
INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. INTENSE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH
PASSING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WHERE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
FLOODING WILL OCCUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL TWO TO THREE
INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-65.

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/O.CON.KOHX.FF.A.0001.130113T0900Z-130114T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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-
735 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST SUNDAY
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 3 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

* A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AN APPROACHING
  COLD FRONT WILL BRING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES ON SUNDAY.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL TOTAL TWO TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* THIS MUCH RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS
  AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING 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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AL

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