National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

063 FGUS74 KOHX 030938 ESFOHX TNC003-005-015-021-027-031-035-037-041-043-049-055-061-081-083- 085-087-099-101-111-117-119-125-133-135-137-141-147-149-159-161- 165-169-175-177-181-185-187-189-040000- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 438 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING POSSIBLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEKEND... A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE INCLUDING NASHVILLE BEGINNING AT 7PM TONIGHT AND LASTING UNTIL 7AM SUNDAY. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BEGINNING AT 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. A SLOW MOVING FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE MID STATE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE I65 CORRIDOR. BY LATE SATURDAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY. THESE RAINS WILL BE FALLING ON GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEKEND. ADDITIONALLY...AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED LEVELS. AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT. PEOPLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG AREA WATERWAYS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RISING WATER LEVELS THIS WEEKEND. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE A PLAN OF ACTION. $$ TB12