[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
249 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

...CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED TODAY MAY RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING FOR SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PARK ITSELF OVER SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
RESULT IN CONTINUED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AREAS WITHIN THE WATCH HAVE ALREADY SEEN
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OVER THE LAST 72
HOURS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN ON
AVERAGE IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY UP TO 1.5 INCHES.

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LEWIS-MAURY-MARSHALL-BEDFORD-COFFEE-GRUNDY-LAWRENCE-GILES-
249 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEDFORD...COFFEE...GILES...GRUNDY...
  LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL AND MAURY.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF MODERATE AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST
  OVER SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THIS RAIN WILL FALL OVER AN AREA THAT HAS
  ALREADY SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 72 HOURS.

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN ON AVERAGE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.

* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE
  LOCATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND
  RIVERS AS WATER LEVELS IN AREA RIVERS WILL BE ELEVATED.


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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TB12



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