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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

838 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013



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

838 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013



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

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

UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT FOR STEWART COUNTY...



AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO IMPACT STEWART 

COUNTY AND THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. 

THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.



IN STEWART COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ON HIGHWAY 49 IN THE BEAR SPRING COMMUNITY...INDIAN MOUND ROAD...BIG 

ROCK ROAD...JOINER HOLLOW ROAD... ROBERTSON HILL ROAD...WILDLIFE 

ROAD...NORRIS HANCOCK ROAD...AND CENTERPOINT ROAD. ALSO WATER 

RESCUES ARE OCCURRING AND RESIDENTS OF STEWART COUNTY SHOULD NOT 

DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN 

STEWART COUNTY.



THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IMPACTING STEWART COUNTY IS MOVING INTO 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WILL 

LIKELY CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY...AND IT WILL BE HARD TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF WATER COVERED 

ROADS. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 

THIS EVENING 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.



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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