[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 092310
FLSOHX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
610 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

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WILLIAMSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-
610 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
  THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OVER
  PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND LOCAL OBSERVATIONS
  INDICATE THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
  IN SOME ISOLATED SPOTS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE EXTREME
  NORTH...IN THE JOELTON AREA...AND SOUTHEASTERN AREAS...SOUTHWEST
  OF PERCY PRIEST LAKE...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 24 CORRIDOR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FRANKLIN...NASHVILLE...BRENTWOOD...JOELTON...NOLENSVILLE...
  BELLEVUE...ANTIOCH...AND BERRY HILL.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF
THE AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODOUCE MINOR FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED
URBAN AREAS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3634 8672 3629 8665 3626 8664 3624 8660
      3614 8656 3608 8654 3609 8655 3603 8658
      3601 8661 3597 8662 3588 8685 3588 8704
      3610 8703 3613 8700 3625 8697 3639 8690
      3635 8682 3640 8675

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