{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.12bf257032571fc4482a5b3b88df8543c33839df.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued May 31 at 5:59PM CDT until May 31 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Nashville TN","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-31","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.12bf257032571fc4482a5b3b88df8543c33839df.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Nashville TN"},"word_count":227,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued May 31 at 5:59PM CDT until May 31 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Nashville TN\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Jackson, TN; Overton, TN; Putnam, TN\n**Issued by:** NWS Nashville TN\n**Sent:** 2026-05-31T17:59:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-31T17:59:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-31T20:30:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWOHX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Nashville has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSoutheastern Jackson County in middle Tennessee...\nWest Central Overton County in middle Tennessee...\nNorth Central Putnam County in middle Tennessee...\n\n* Until 830 PM CDT.\n\n* At 559 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain\nhave fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1\nhour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in\nthe warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin\nshortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nGainesboro and Cummins Falls State Park.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nIn hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are\npotentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded\nroads. Find an alternate route."}