[BNAWX] Flash Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
700 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BYRDSTOWN...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS
ACROSS CENTRAL PICKETT COUNTY FROM STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS. WITH
ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED FROM MORE THUNDERSTORMS...FLASH FLOODING IS
LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HUNTERSVILLE...STATIC...BYRDSTOWN AND PALL MALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN NASHVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8492 3653 8488 3648 8511 3663 8516

$$

AL



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