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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

706 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



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WAYNE TN-LAWRENCE TN-

706 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR

LAWRENCE AND WAYNE COUNTIES...



AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. JUST NORTH OF LORETTO...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE AVERAGING

ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES. THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY

OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN WAYNE AND WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLIFTON.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.



&&



LAT...LON 3501 8799 3530 8799 3530 8801 3539 8801

      3541 8797 3544 8801 3545 8763 3544 8761

      3542 8760 3540 8752 3542 8751 3543 8745

      3545 8744 3545 8727 3501 8725



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