Areal Flood Watch Statement as of 3:45 AM CDT on May 03, 2013
Areal Flood Watch
Statement as of 3:45 AM CDT on May 03, 2013 ...Flood Watch in effect from Saturday morning through
Sunday evening...
The National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a * Flood Watch for a portion of middle Tennessee...including the following counties...Bedford...Cannon...Clay...Coffee... Cumberland...De Kalb...Fentress...Grundy...Jackson...Macon... Overton...Pickett...Putnam...Rutherford...Smith...Sumner... Trousdale...Van Buren...Warren...white and Wilson. * From Saturday morning through Sunday evening. * A band of persistent...moderate to heavy rainfall will push east of I-65 on Saturday and will slowly move across eastern middle Tennessee through Sunday evening. This duration of rain will result in 2-3 inches of rainfall areawide...with locally higher amounts of 4 inches or more possible. The heaviest rain will fall along and east of the I-24 corridor Saturday evening through midday Sunday. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. Al Detailed Conditions and Forecast Information: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=37022&from_email=1