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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

131 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...MONTGOMERY...AND STEWART COUNTIES   

  IN TENNESSEE.

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN...

  AND WAVERLY.



* UNTIL 730 AM CST



* AT 130 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      

  RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHWEST MIDDLE      

  TENNESSEE. RADAR ESTIMATES AND GROUND REPORTS INDICATE THAT THESE  

  AREAS WILL RECEIVE AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR DURING THE  

  NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY MOIST FROM PREVIOUS RAINS, 

  EVEN A LIMITED RUNOFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD PRODUCE        

  FLOODING. ALSO, BUILDUP OF WATER ON STREETS IN URBAN AREAS MAY     

  PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATER IN THE MORNING.



REMEMBER, FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER KILLER, AND MOST FLASH 

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING, 

AND REMEMBER NOT TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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