[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 050725
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
225 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013

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PUTNAM TN-VAN BUREN TN-WARREN TN-WHITE TN-CUMBERLAND TN-GRUNDY TN-
225 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF CROSSVILLE...
  NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY COUNTY...
  SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF SPENCER...
  SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY...
  EASTERN WHITE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 217 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF PERSISTANT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH
AND A HALF OF RAIN IN THE LAST 6 HOURS. THIS EXTENSIVE RAINFALL
ACTIVITY MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...RURAL
AREAS...AND SOME ROADWAYS.


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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3574 8502 3576 8504 3576 8525 3570 8528
      3556 8543 3553 8558 3549 8553 3543 8553
      3541 8549 3536 8550 3532 8555 3532 8556
      3549 8581 3613 8532 3601 8500 3576 8498

$$

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