[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
240 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHOAL CREEK...

AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA: LAUDERDALE AND IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE:
LAWRENCE.

SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         14.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        22.0 FEET AND RISING AT 2 PM.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 24 FEET LATE
                         THIS AFTERNOON, THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
                         TOMORROW MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

AT THESE LEVELS...EXTENSIVE BOTTOMLAND FLOODING OCCURS ALONG SHOAL CREEK.
FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE THE PARK IN IRON CITY BUT DO NOT REACH THE HWY 227 BRIDGE.
THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING FLOOD. AVOID AREAS NEAR SHOAL CREEK. THIS CREST
COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.2 FEET WHICH OCCURRED JANUARY 24, 2002.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SHOAL CREEK AND THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
$$



              FLOOD      OBSERVED           5-DAY FORECAST 7AM         CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   STG   DATE

SHOAL CREEK
IRON CITY      14.0  22.0  TUE 02 PM  15.2   5.3   4.4   4.0   3.7  24.0  10/19
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