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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

550 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER...

  SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS ARE WEAKENING...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

  TO FALL FOR THE HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT ALTAMONT...PALMER...

  SPENCER AND THE FALL CREEK FALLS STATE PARK...AND MANY OF THE RURAL

  AREAS OF THESE COUNTIES. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



&&



LAT...LON 3529 8588 3549 8589 3553 8587 3573 8560

      3580 8556 3583 8546 3580 8534 3583 8526

      3572 8526 3557 8541 3555 8545 3554 8561

      3550 8553 3545 8553 3542 8548 3538 8549

      3532 8556 3529 8569 3526 8570



$$



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