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WGUS74 KOHX 280256

FFSOHX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

956 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013



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STEWART TN-DICKSON TN-BENTON TN-HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN-

956 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY... 

HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...BENTON...STEWART...AND WESTERN DICKSON 

COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO IMPACT THE 

WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES AND 

AMOUNTS...WHICH IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF MANY ROADS.



IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

ACROSS TRENTON ROAD IN MULTIPLE AREAS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



IN HOUSTON COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED...INCLUDING SEVERAL 

IN ERIN.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH 

FLOODING INCLUDE...CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN... 

WAVERLY...BIG ROCK...HURRICANE MILLS...MCEWEN...NEW JOHNSONVILLE AND 

TENNESSEE RIDGE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



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LAT...LON 3667 8786 3664 8784 3664 8712 3592 8766

      3590 8771 3584 8772 3583 8809 3585 8822

      3612 8822 3626 8809 3636 8810 3637 8801

      3644 8807 3653 8804 3668 8807



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