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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

630 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS EXPIRED...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MIDDLE 

TENNESSEE...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 4 

PM...



AT 630 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

TO LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. RAINFALL EXTENDED 

NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE AND COVERS NEARLY ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

EXCEPT NORTHWEST.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE INITIAL

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE 

RAINFALL AREA TO THE NORTHWEST. RAINFALL IS ENDING IN NORTHWEST

MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL MIDDLE TENNESSEE 

FROM A SPRINGFIELD TO NEW JOHNSONVILLE LINE TO A CELINA TO 

LAWRENCEBURG LINE UNTIL 800 AM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLE 

TENNESSEE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A CELINA TO LAWRENCEBURG LINE UNTIL 

930 AM.



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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