...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BEDFORD...CANNON... CHEATHAM...CLAY...COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DAVIDSON...DE KALB... 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. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * RECENT RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS. A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE MID STATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW RAINFALL. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. * FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS COULD ALSO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MAIN STEM RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && -WXM-
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:45:50 +0000
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