Flash Flood Warning Cookeville

PUTNAM TN-JACKSON TN-OVERTON TN-
143 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOKEVILLE...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 139 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED IN MANY AREAS BETWEEN BAXTER...COOKEVILLE AND LIVINGSTON.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...
WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE
STANDING WATER ON ROADS...AND WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL
STREAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.


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