[BNAWX] Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KOHX 290850
FFAOHX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
350 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.AMPLE RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 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 TODAY...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON
IF NOT EARLIER.

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/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-
350 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 THIS EVENING

* RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN MANY PLACES
  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 EXPERIENCED COPIOUS RAIN YESTERDAY.

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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