[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 100146
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
846 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

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PUTNAM TN-WHITE TN-DE KALB TN-
846 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING IN...
  EAST CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPARTA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 844 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS
EXPECTED. AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING.

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 IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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LAT...LON 3614 8530 3604 8526 3583 8544 3592 8571
      3609 8561

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