Flash Flood Warning for Carroll County, TN until 11:15 PM CDT, Sun., Jun 09, 2013 Other affected areas: …DECATUR Co, TN; HENDERSON Co, TN Issued by The National Weather Service Memphis, TN Sun, Jun 9, 2013, 8:10 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 810 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEXINGTON... NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST AND NATCHEZ TRACE STATE PARK. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN DECATUR COUNTY HOG CREEK AT HAYNES ROAD AND HARTLEY CEMETERY ROAD... MILLS BRANCH AT HARTLEY CEMETERY ROAD... MILLS BRANCH AT HOG CREEK ROAD... RICKETTS CREEK AT CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ROAD... SULFUR FORK AT BIBLE HILL ROAD AND W O BAKER ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:47:26 +0000