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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

737 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON 

  DE KALB...FENTRESS...FRANKLIN...GILES...GRUNDY...

  JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...LINCOLN...MACON...MARSHALL...

  MAURY...MOORE...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...

  SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...WHITE...

  WILLIAMSON...AND WILSON COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1100 AM CST



* AT 745 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY

  OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HALVES OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE RAINFALL

  COVERED THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM PORTLAND TO NASHVILLE TO WAYNESBORO.

  

  SINCE MIDNIGHT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER 

  MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS RAIN FELL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND

  WHICH HAD RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PREVIOUS 48 HOURS.

 

  LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING OF NUMEROUS AREA ROADWAYS

  WITH MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL. 



  RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF GRADUALLY FROM THE WEST AS A COLD FRONT MOVES 

  THROUGH THE AREA TODAY.  

  

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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