FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 4:15 a.m. 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1017 PM CDT SAT MAR 27 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CANNON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
DE KALB COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WHITE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT.
* AT 1017 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
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 FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COOKEVILLE, SPARTA, SMITHVILLE, ALGOOD, MONTEREY, BAXTER,
ALEXANDRIA, DOYLE, DOWELLTOWN, LIBERTY, CENTERTOWN, BURGESS FALLS
STATE PARK, BAKERS CROSSROADS, HAMPTONS CROSSROADS, ROCK ISLAND
STATE PARK, EDGAR EVANS STATE PARK, CENTER HILL LAKE AND VIRGIN
FALLS STATE NATURAL AREA.
AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE FALL CREEK NEAR SMITHVILLE, DRY CREEK
INCLUDING BLUHMTOWN AND DOWELLTOWN, CLEAR FORK CREEK INCLUDING
GASSAWAY AND LIBERTY, AND FALLING WATER RIVER INCLUDING AREAS NEAR
COOKEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
Instructions:
TURN AROUND DONT DROWN
Address/Location
Putnam County Emergency Management Agency
700 County Services Dr
Cookeville, TN 38501
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 931-528-7575