Flash Flood Emergency: Stewart County, Tennessee

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
838 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

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STEWART TN-DICKSON TN-BENTON TN-HOUSTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-MONTGOMERY TN-
838 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY...
HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...BENTON...WESTERN DICKSON AND STEWART COUNTIES
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT FOR STEWART COUNTY...

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO IMPACT STEWART
COUNTY AND THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL
RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS.
THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

IN STEWART COUNTY...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
ON HIGHWAY 49 IN THE BEAR SPRING COMMUNITY...INDIAN MOUND ROAD...BIG
ROCK ROAD...JOINER HOLLOW ROAD... ROBERTSON HILL ROAD...WILDLIFE
ROAD...NORRIS HANCOCK ROAD...AND CENTERPOINT ROAD. ALSO WATER
RESCUES ARE OCCURRING AND RESIDENTS OF STEWART COUNTY SHOULD NOT
DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN
STEWART COUNTY.

THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IMPACTING STEWART COUNTY IS MOVING INTO
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MONTGOMERY
COUNTY...AND IT WILL BE HARD TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF WATER COVERED
ROADS. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
THIS EVENING INCLUDE...CAMDEN...CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...ERIN...
WAVERLY...BIG ROCK...HURRICANE MILLS...MCEWEN...NEW JOHNSONVILLE AND
TENNESSEE RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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LAT...LON 3667 8786 3664 8784 3664 8712 3592 8766
      3590 8771 3584 8772 3583 8809 3585 8822
      3612 8822 3626 8809 3636 8810 3637 8801
      3644 8807 3653 8804 3668 8807

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