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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
236 PM CST FRI JAN 11 2013

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY THIS WEEKEND...

A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EASTWARD INTO THE PLAINS STATES THIS WEEKEND...PUSHING COLD FRONT
GRADUALLY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WILL OCCUR OVER THE
MID STATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN TWO
AND THREE INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
AREA...AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

THESE RAINS WILL BE FALLING ON GROUNDS THAT HAVE BECOME NEARLY
SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...AND ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND
FLOODING ALONG SOME OF THE LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG AREA WATERWAYS SHOULD
MONITOR UPCOMING FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.

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