Friday, April 21, 2017

NEWS ALERT

Flash Flood Watch

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BEDFORD, CANNON,
CHEATHAM, CLAY, COFFEE, CUMBERLAND, DAVIDSON, DE KALB, DICKSON, FENTRESS, GILES, GRUNDY, HICKMAN, HOUSTON,
HUMPHREYS, JACKSON, LAWRENCE, LEWIS, MACON, MARSHALL, MAURY, MONTGOMERY, OVERTON, PERRY, PICKETT, PUTNAM, ROBERTSON, RUTHERFORD, SMITH, STEWART, SUMNER, TROUSDALE, VAN BUREN, WARREN, WAYNE, WHITE, WILLIAMSON, AND WILSON.

* FROM 3 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* ONE, TO LOCALLY AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. * WITH SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO RUNOFF RESULTING IN QUICK FLOODING OF ROADS, POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, LOW LYING LOCATIONS, ALONG WITH SECONDARY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO QUICK 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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