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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

400 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSTATE

EXPIRED...



RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE MIDSTATE EARLY THIS MORNING.

AT 4 AM MOST OF THE RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS AND

OVER THE PLATEAU...WHERE RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN A

QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR.



RAINFALL WAS QUITE EXCESSIVE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF

THE REGION THE LAST FEW DAYS. MANY AREAS FROM SAVANNAH TO DICKSON TO

CLARKSVILLE RECEIVED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS HAS LEAD TO SOME

MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE BUFFALO RIVER AT LOBELVILLE IN PERRY

COUNTY...AND ALONG RICHLAND CREEK AT PULASKI IN GILES COUNTY.

MANY OTHER SMALL STREAMS MAY BE NEAR OR OVER BANKFULL AS WELL.



MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE

AREA. HOWEVER...AMOUNTS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A HALF AN

INCH.



EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS AFTERNOON.

REMEMBER...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.

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