Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

Oct 19, 2004, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)

Expired

Oct 19, 2004, 4:45 AM CDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Williamson County, TN

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000 
WGUS54 KOHX 190751
FFWBNA
TNC187-190945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
250 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLIN

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 238 AM CDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO        
  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NOLENSVILLE     
  TO FRANKLIN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   
MAINLY RURAL AREAS IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3593 8658 3600 8685 3604 8715 3584 8700
      3579 8662

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.