...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING... ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINS... EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THAT AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO OVER FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH GROUND CONDITIONS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. FLOOD POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER OTHER PARTS OF THE MID STATE...ALTHOUGH THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE OF THE HIT AND MISS VARIETY THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. NEVERTHELESS...IF THESE STORMS MOVE OVER AREAS SOAKED BY RAINS FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK...LOCALIZED FLOOD PROBLEM COULD DEVELOP. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR... BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND CROSSVILLE. THIS WET WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE EACH DAY. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA...AND STAY TUNED TO A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION IN CASE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. -SWC-
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:09:49 +0000
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