Saturday, May 16, 2009

Flash Flood Watch thru Midnight

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1127 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
MIDSTATE. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST. STORMS THAT FORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME AND FLASH FLOODING.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEDFORD...CANNON...COFFEE...
CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DEKALB...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY...
JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL...MAURY...OVERTON...
PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...VAN BUREN...WARREN...
WAYNE...WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN SOUTH AND EAST MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

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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