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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1040 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON...DICKSON...HICKMAN... 

HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...PERRY AND STEWART COUNTIES...



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN 

MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A FLOOD WATCH COVERS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN 

MIDDLE TENNESSEE. IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE 

VARIED FROM AROUND SIX TENTHS OF AN INCH TO ALMOST ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY STREAMS ARE AT 

BANKFULL. A FEW RIVERS IN THE AREA...THE HARPETH...THE BUFFALO AND 

THE RED ARE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 



EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BEFORE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. AS A RESULT... 

OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY GO INTO FLOOD LATER TODAY AS THIS 

RAINFALL ACCUMULATES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR IN THE 

SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.

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JLM

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