THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTH CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE...AS THESE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED...AND REPLACES THE FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEBANON...BELINDA CITY...GOODLETTSVILLE...GREENBRIER... HENDERSONVILLE...HERMITAGE...JOELTON...LAKEWOOD...MADISON... MILLERSVILLE...MOUNT JULIET...OLD HICKORY...RIDGETOP...RURAL HILL AND WATERTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:17:11 +0000