New Flood Advisory

From NWS-Nashville

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1022 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1020 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40. SEVERAL AREAS ACROSS THE MID STATE HAVE RECEIVED ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ALREADY OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS...AND
WITH RAINFALL FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RESULTING IN GROUND CONDTIONS ALREADY
BEING SATURATED...OVERFLOWING OF DITCHES AND EVEN MINOR STREET FLOODING
HAS OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU REGION.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND WILL ADD THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING ACROSS
THESE AREAS ALSO. SHOWERS WILL BRING WITH THEM BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.

WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID STATE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...AND EVEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
...WHICH COULD ADD ADDITIONAL BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO TWO INCHES
POSSIBLE AT ISOLATED LOCATIONS...ALONG WITH MOST LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE MID STATE RECEIVING RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS...RESULTING IN SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...THIS URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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