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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1256 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



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BENTON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-GILES-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-

LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-

STEWART-SUMNER-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-

1256 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THRU 430 PM TODAY FOR 21 MIDDLE

TENNESSEE COUNTIES...

...FLASH FOOD WATCH TIL MIDNIGHT...



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM...FOR GILES...WAYNE...

LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL...MAURY...STEWART...HOUSTON...BENTON...

HUMPHREYS...DICKSON...HICKMAN...PERRY...MONTGOMERY...ROBERTSON...

SUMNER...DAVIDSON...CHEATHAM...WILSON...WILLIAMSON...AND RUTHERFORD

COUNTIES.



RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND...AND

ALLOWED CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RUN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. LOWLAND FLOODING

CONTINUES TO BE OBSERVED IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND WATER HAS COVERED

PORTIONS OF SOME ROADS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A FIFTH OF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN

BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. THROUGH MIDNIGHT...MOST

LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 1 AND 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES

TO MOVE NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN

PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MID AFTERNOON.  SPECIFICALLY THE

HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PULASKI TO WINCHESTER TO

ALTAMONT AREAS BY 330 PM. HOWEVER...THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL

BRING HEAVIER RAINFALL TO THE ENTIRE AREA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM.



PHONE CALLS TO AREA SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

OFFICIALS REPORT THE FOLLOWING FLOODING.



IN WAYNE COUNTY...A BRIDGE HAS BEEN WASHED OUT ON GREEN RIVER ROAD.



IN GILES COUNTY...MINOR ROAD SURFACE FLOODING IS OCCURRING NEAR THE

ELK RIVER BRIDGE NEAR ELKTON. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE EXPERIENCED

FLOODING OFF OF HIGHWAY 166 NORTH.



IN BENTON COUNTY...STONES ROAD IS CLOSED.



IN CHEATHAM COUNTY...THE HARPETH RIVER IS CROSSING NEAR PEGRAM...

SEVERAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE CLOSED.



IN HICKMAN COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED IN AND AROUND

CENTERVILLE.



IN LEWIS COUNTY...SEVERAL LOW WATER BRIDGES ARE CLOSED.



IN MAURY COUNTY...HICKS LANE AND HIGHWAY 50 NEAR COLUMBIA ARE CLOSED.



IN PERRY COUNTY...THE ACCESS ROAD ALONG THE BUFFALO RIVER NEAR

LOBELVILLE IS CLOSED.



IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY...9 ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST BARRICADES. FOR

TENNESSEE ROAD CONDITION INFORMATION CALL 1 800 3 4 2 3 2 5 8.

$$



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BEDFORD-CANNON-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DEKALB-FENTRESS-FRANKLIN-

GRUNDY-JACKSON-LINCOLN-MACON-MOORE-OVERTON-PICKETT-PUTNAM-SMITH-

TROUSDALE-VAN BUREN-WARREN-WHITE-

1256 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...FLASH FOOD WATCH TIL MIDNIGHT...



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A FIFTH OF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN

BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THROUGH MIDNIGHT...

MOST LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 1 AND 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES

TO MOVE NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN

PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MID AFTERNOON. SPECIFICALLY THE

HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PULASKI TO WINCHESTER TO

ALTAMONT AREAS BY 3 PM. HOWEVER...THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL BRING

HEAVIER RAINFALL TO THE ENTIRE AREA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST BARRICADES. FOR

TENNESSEE ROAD CONDITION INFORMATION CALL 1 800 3 4 2 3 2 5 8.

$$

JDG

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