FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CST
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
917 PM CST WED FEB 5 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OVERTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN PICKETT COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST.
* AT 917 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARTHAGE, CELINA, GAINESBORO, GORDONSVILLE, RED BOILING SPRINGS,
HICKMAN, SOUTH CARTHAGE, DOWELLTOWN, MOSS, WHITLEYVILLE, PLEASANT
SHADE, GRANVILLE, DALE HOLLOW LAKE AND STANDING STONE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
Instructions:
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
Address/Location
Putnam County Emergency Management Agency
700 County Services Dr
Cookeville, TN 38501
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 931-528-7575
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning