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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1145 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1145 PM...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 

EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES WERE COMMON...AND LOCALIZED 

FLOODING RESULTED. STREET FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED 

ACROSS SEVERAL SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES. 



MOST OF THE RAIN HAD TAPERED OFF LATE FRIDAY EVENING...BUT MANY 

SMALL STREAMS REMAINED HIGH AND WATER CONTINUED TO COVER SOME AREA 

ROADS. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO 

CROSS SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OF WATER TO FLOAT A VEHICLE.

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