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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

546 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A COOKEVILLE...

LEBANON TO WAYNESBORO LINE HAS EXPIRED...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN

MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...



AT 530 PM...RADAR SHOWED A MARKED DECREASE IN THE COVERAGE OF

PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE MID STATE. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IN

THE FORM OF MODERATE SHOWERS...WAS GENERALLY EAST AND

NORTH OF A LAFAYETTE...CARTHAGE TO COOKEVILLE LINE. WITH

REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...

THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



GIVEN THE SATURATED ATMOSPHERIC AND GROUND CONDITIONS THAT EXIST

ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN MID STATE...A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN

EFFECT AS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS

COULD EVOKE FLASH FLOODING ONCE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. THOUGH NO

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS ON TAP FOR MIDDLE TN THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM...

PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED AS SCATTERED RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY MAY

RETURN TO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.



IN THE EVENT THAT FLASH FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED...MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH OR YOUR CAR COULD GET SWEPT AWAY. KEEP IN MIND THAT

FLASH FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER

RELATED TRAGEDIES.



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