TN flash flood warning

FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN1254 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008TNZ009>011-028>034-061>066-075-077>080-095-260200-/O.NEW.KOHX.FF.A.0001.080826T0000Z-080827T1200Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-GILES-1254 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGHWEDNESDAY MORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BEDFORD...CANNON...CLAY... COFFEE...CUMBERLAND...DEKALB...FENTRESS...GILES...GRUNDY... JACKSON...MACON...MARSHALL...OVERTON...PICKETT...PUTNAM... RUTHERFORD...SMITH...TROUSDALE...VAN BUREN...WARREN...WHITE AND WILSON.* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING* TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A BROAD AREA. THE CENTER OF FAY SHOULD TRACK NORTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA AND THROUGH THE MIDSTATE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AHEAD OF THE STORM SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TOTAL BY 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL OCCUR OVER THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.* WITH RAINFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS 5 INCHES, WE EXPECT SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL ON TUESDAY. LOW AREAS AND URBAN AREAS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD. MOST FLASH FLOODING WILL BE CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONCENTRATE RAINFALL IN RELATIVELY SMALL AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN STEEP TERRAIN AND URBAN AREAS.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.THOSE ALONG STREAM AND CREEKS SHOULD MONITOR FOR RAPID RISESAND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. YOU SHOULD ALSO MONITOR LATERFORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOODWARNINGS BE ISSUED.$$JLM