New Flash Flood Watch

**NOW**
Heavy rains once again in Cookeville.

From the Nashville office of the National Weather Service....

...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS
LOW LYING AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXARKANA REGION WILL CONTINUE TO STEER
MOISTURE OVER TENNESSEE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. AT LEAST ONE TO THREE
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

....313 PM CDT THU SEP 17 2009

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...BEDFORD...BENTON...CANNON...CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...
CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DEKALB...DICKSON...FENTRESS...GILES...
GRUNDY...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...
LEWIS...MACON...MARSHALL...MAURY...MONTGOMERY...OVERTON...
PERRY...PICKETT...PUTNAM...ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...SMITH...
STEWART...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WAYNE...
WHITE...WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM
PREVIOUS RAINS...INCREASING THE RUN OFF POTENTIAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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