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TNC015-027-031-041-051-087-127-133-137-141-159-177-192015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

1223 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARREN...CANNON...DEKALB

...PUTNAM...SMITH...JACKSON...OVERTON...PICKETT...CLAY...COFFEE.. 

.MOORE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CST...



CITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE...  

WOODBURY...WINCHESTER...SMITHVILLE...MCMINNVILLE...MANCHESTER...

LIVINGSTON...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...AND CELINA.



AT 1223 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR BYRDSTOWN IN 

PICKETT COUNTY...TO NEAR COOKEVILLE...TO MCMINNVILLE...TO 

WINCHESTER. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST WHILE STORMS WITHIN THE 

LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED WITH SEVERAL STORMS WITHIN THE LINE. RAINFALL RATES WERE 

ESTIMATED BY RADAR TO BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR.   



.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.



.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 6 PM 

CST.

 

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