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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL

951 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 951 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  WAS CONTINUING TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.          

  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE ALREADY     

  OCCURRED TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER 

  HOUR ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER       

  FRANKLIN COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  COWAN...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTLAND...

  LYNCHBURG...PETERSBURG...SEWANEE AND WINCHESTER



DURING FLASH FLOODING...WATER LEVELS IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN

RAPIDLY INCREASE...TRANSFORMING THEM INTO RAGING CURRENTS. NEVER

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS BY VEHICLE OR FOOT. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS



LAT...LON 3547 8570 3500 8573 3500 8690 3540 8684



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