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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

451 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  CHEATHAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  DAVIDSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  HICKMAN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  PERRY COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHVILE...FAIRVIEW...BRENTWOOD AND WAVERLY



* UNTIL 745 PM CST



* AT 444 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

   HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM HALLIDAY IN SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY

   TO DICKSON TO NASHVILLE. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED 

   WITH MORE RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA.



* EXPECT FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY

  THOSE ADJACENT TO DITCHES OR CREEKS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL 

  IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. SPOTTERS

  HAVE REPORTED A FEW ROADS IN WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY ARE UNDER WATER.



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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