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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

909 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...THE THREAT OF ANY HEAVY RAIN IS OVER FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE...



THE HEAVIER RAIN THAT CAUSED FLOODING IN MANY AREAS ACROSS THE

MID STATE TODAY BEGAN MOVING OUT OF THE WEST PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BY EARLY THIS EVENING THE HEAVY RAIN HAD CLEARED

THE EAST PART OF THE MID STATE AS WELL.



PATCHY LIGHT RAIN HAD REDEVELOPED OVER THE AREA DURING THE

EVENING HOURS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL BE

MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL HOWEVER WILL BE LIGHT AND

WILL NOT ADD TO THE FLOODING THAT IS OCCURRING ALONG SOME OF THE

MAJOR RIVERS IN THE MID STATE.



BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS BY EARLY MORNING...THE RAIN WILL LIKELY

BECOME MIXED WITH OR EVEN CHANGE BRIEFLY TO LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW

...AS THE COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO INVADE THE AREA. LITTLE OR NO

ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED HOWEVER.



ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS WILL BE FALLING IN THE SMALLER STREAMS AND

CREEKS OVERNIGHT...PONDING OF WATER...ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDES OF

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS AND SPILLING OVER ONTO SOME ROADS...WILL LIKELY

CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT.



MOTORISTS SHOULD THEREFORE EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT AND SLOW DOWN

WHEN ENCOUNTERING ANY PONDING OF WATER...AND ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING

THROUGH LOW AREAS WHERE RAINFALL HAS LIKELY COLLECTED.



IN ADDITION...A NUMBER OF THE LARGER RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE

FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...SO SOME LOCAL ROADS NEARBY MAY BE

CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.



MOST 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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