Saturday, September 19, 2009

NEW Flood Watch

900 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY...
COFFEE...DEKALB...JACKSON...MACON...PUTNAM...RUTHERFORD...
SMITH...SUMNER...TROUSDALE AND WILSON.

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
MID STATE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER
THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE MID STATE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE SATURATED GROUNDS
ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

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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