Flash Flood Watch Issued 7/28-7/29/16

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Courtesy of the National Weather Service in Nashville:

158 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CANNON...CHEATHAM...CLAY...
  DAVIDSON...DE KALB...DICKSON...FENTRESS...HICKMAN...HOUSTON...
  HUMPHREYS...JACKSON...LEWIS...MACON...MAURY...MONTGOMERY...
  OVERTON...PERRY...PICKETT...PUTNAM...ROBERTSON...RUTHERFORD...
  SMITH...STEWART...SUMNER...TROUSDALE...WAYNE...WILLIAMSON AND
  WILSON.

* FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH 1 AM CDT FRIDAY

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH THURSDAY WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES MAY LEAD TO
  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

* FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...LEADING
  TO QUICK FLOODING OF ROADS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND OTHER
  LOW LYING LOCATIONS.

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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