Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1130 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE
HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
TENNESSEE... LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... MOORE COUNTY IN
TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 530 AM CST WEDNESDAY
* AT 1127 PM CST...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM
MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
*
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO
WINCHESTER...LYNCHBURG...AND FAYETTEVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALLCREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTOAREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE
USUALLYDEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFULENOUGH
TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODEDROADS MAKE THE SMART
CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.