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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

451 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  SOUTHWESTERN FENTRESS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  SOUTHEASTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 445 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER  

  OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A     

  PATH FROM NEAR MONTEREY IN EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY TO CLARKRANGE IN  

  SOUTHERN FENTRESS COUNTY. MOVING EAST AT 15-20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RAIN AMOUNTS 

  BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES BY 700 PM CDT WHICH WILL PRODUCE      

  FLASH FLOODING. STANDING WATER OVER THE ROADS HAS BEEN REPORTED    

  NEAR CLARKRANGE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES, DIPS, OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE 

RISING WATER, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 3623 8543 3605 8544 3588 8323 3633 8321



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