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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1013 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN TENNESSEE

     STEWART...SUMNER...ROBERTSON...MONTGOMERY...MACON...CLAY...

     PICKETT...FENTRESS...OVERTON...JACKSON...TROUSDALE...CHEATHAM...

     SMITH...DAVIDSON...HOUSTON...BENTON...WILSON...DICKSON...

     PUTNAM...HUMPHREYS...CUMBERLAND...DE KALB...RUTHERFORD...

     WHITE...WILLIAMSON...HICKMAN...CANNON...WARREN...MAURY...

     PERRY...VAN BUREN...MARSHALL...COFFEE...BEDFORD...LEWIS...

     GRUNDY...WAYNE...LAWRENCE...GILES...MOORE...LINCOLN AND FRANKLIN



* THIS WARNING REPLACES ALL PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED BY THIS 

  OFFICE.



* IN THE PAST 12 HOURS MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

  RAINFALL. SOIL WAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS RAINFALL.

  MANY MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF AREA 

  ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

  DOPPLER RADARS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...MEMPHIS TENNESSEE AND 

  NORTHERN ALABAMA CONTINUE TO INDICATE EXTENSIVE SHOWER ACTIVITY MOVING 

  INTO THE AREA.



* RESIDENTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAINFALL BEFORE THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT. 



* ADDITIONALLY SEVERAL MIDDLE TENNESSEE RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD OR 

  RISING. SEE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

IF YOU RESIDE IN LOW LYING AREAS OR AREAS THAT TEND TO FLOOD EASILY...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. ANYONE ON AREA ROADWAYS SHOULD

NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. 



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JLM

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