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TNZ077-097-101915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

115 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY UNTIL

215 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN

COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT HAS EXPIRED...BUT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS

STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT. AS

OF 1210 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT IN THE CITY OF

TULLAHOMA...WILSON AVENUE IN FRONT OF CROCKETTS RESTAURANT

WAS BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER. AS OF 115 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER BOTH FRANKLIN AND

COFFEE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED

...AND NOW AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH

AN HOUR.



REMEMBER...A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR

IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO

ESCAPE RISING WATER, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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