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TNC037-149-165-187-189-221415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

810 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...RUTHERFORD...

DAVIDSON...SUMNER AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



CITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE 

NASHVILLE...LEBANON...GALLATIN...SMYRNA...AND FRANKLIN



AT 805 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR LEBANON...TO SYMRNA...TO NEAR COLLEGE 

GROVE IN EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. OVERNIGHT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES WERE REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING 

AREA. LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AND THE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY 

RAIN IS REACHING SMALL STREAM AND RIVERS. 



AT 8 AM...LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA REPORTED 

SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MANY LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

FLOODED.   



.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. IF YOU SEE 

WATER OVER THE ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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