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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1244 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005



TNC021-037-043-111-165-169-189-301000-

DICKSON TN-DAVIDSON TN-CHEATHAM TN-TROUSDALE TN-MACON TN-SUMNER TN-

WILSON TN-

1244 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR WILSON...

SUMNER...MACON...TROUSDALE...CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON AND DICKSON

COUNTIES...



AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. THERE ARE SOME INDICATION THAT THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL 

BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVER WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AFTER 2 AM. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE LAST EVENING HAVE EXCEDED TWO AND ONE HALF 

INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS WITH  UP TO THREE INCHES IN SOME 

SPOTS...ACROSS SOUTHEAST DICKSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHEATHAM COUNTY 

AND WESTERN DAVIDSON.

 

AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINS...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN

SOUTHEAST DICKSON COUNTY...BETWEEN DICKSON AND BURNS...ON GUM BRANCH

ROAD. WATER WAS OVER THE BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY 46 AND 96. ALSO WATER WAS 

NEAR THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE ON NEEDMORE ROAD IN WEST WILSON COUNTY. 

IN ADDITION...LOTS OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE 

WARNED COUNTIES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WESTMORELAND...RED BOILING SPRINGS...PORTLAND...OLD HICKORY...

MILLERSVILLE...LAKEWOOD...LAFAYETTE...HENDERSONVILLE...HARTSVILLE...

GREEN HILL...GOODLETTSVILLE...GALLATIN AND ASHLAND CITY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3662 8578 3643 8584 3643 8597 3631 8614

      3597 8601 3598 8627 3611 8650 3599 8660

      3606 8682 3601 8700 3607 8714 3603 8720

      3604 8754 3629 8744 3632 8729 3644 8714

      3634 8680 3665 8654



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