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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
949 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING COULD PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN...

.A STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MIDDLE TN LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...AN ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WILL TRACK
EASTWARD ALONG A STRENGTHENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AS THESE TWO
FEATURES COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE...HEAVY RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.

GIVEN THE EARLIER 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WATCH
AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OR SO OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE FLOODING FOR MANY AREAS. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

TNZ056-058-060-061-075-077-079-093>095-181100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.A.0003.130618T0249Z-130618T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY-LEWIS-MAURY-MARSHALL-BEDFORD-COFFEE-GRUNDY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
949 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT 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...COFFEE...GILES...
  GRUNDY...LAWRENCE...LEWIS...MARSHALL...MAURY...PERRY AND
  WAYNE.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY
  OCCURRED FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL ON MONDAY.

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.

&&

$$

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