FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 10:00 a.m. 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
447 AM CDT SUN MAR 28 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
JACKSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
SMITH COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
TROUSDALE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
* AT 447 AM 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...
LAFAYETTE, CARTHAGE, CELINA, GAINESBORO, HARTSVILLE, WESTMORELAND,
GORDONSVILLE, RED BOILING SPRINGS, HICKMAN, SOUTH CARTHAGE,
ALEXANDRIA, PLEASANT SHADE, GRANVILLE, DIXON SPRINGS,
WHITLEYVILLE, MOSS AND CUMMINS FALLS STATE PARK.
THE INTENSE RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WHICH
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT THE RISK FOR
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING REMAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
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