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TNC005-021-043-083-085-125-147-161-201330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

451 AM CST WED MAR 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM FOR STEWART,

HOUSTON, BENTON, MONTGOMERY, AND HUMPHREYS COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM FOR ROBERTSON,

CHEATHAM, AND DICKSON COUNTIES...



AT 444 AM, THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHWEST MIDDLE

TENNESSEE. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN STEWART COUNTY EARLIER REPORTED

SOME ROAD FLOODING DUE TO THIS MORNINGS RAIN. NO OTHER FLOODING

HAD BEEN REPORTED.



STILL, MOST LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREAS RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE

HALF AND ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THE EARLY MORNING.

IN ADDITION TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS, THE RUNOFF FROM THIS

MOST RECENT RAINFALL COULD BE ENOUGH TO SEND HIGH RUNNING CREEKS

AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN ESPECIALLY

VULNERABLE.

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