[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 061335
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
835 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

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HICKMAN TN-
835 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 833 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN HICKMAN
  COUNTY...PARTICULARLY THE BEAVERDAM CREEK AREA.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES PER HOUR...LEADING TO QUICK RAINFALL TOTALS OF A HALF INCH TO
AN INCH. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY LEAD TO QUICK RISES ON
BEAVERDAM CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES THIS MORNING.

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.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

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LAT...LON 3588 8771 3573 8746 3563 8747 3563 8753
      3566 8761 3574 8773

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