[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 282008
FFAOHX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
308 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

.AMPLE RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
MASS OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING AS WELL AS RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING BY TUESDAY IF NOT
EARLIER.

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-290500-
/O.EXT.KOHX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140430T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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-
308 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  COUNTIES...BEDFORD...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.

* THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO AND AROUND 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED
  ALREADY...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THROUGH TUESDAY EXPECTED
  TO ACCUMULATE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL AREAWIDE.

* THESE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUNDS WILL PRODUCE
  RAPID RUN OFF AND WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IN
  ADDITION...SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY UNDERGO SUDDEN
  RISES TO BANK FULL. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL
  BE IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED OCCURRENCES OF STRONG
  THUNDERSTORMS.

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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