[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1039 AM CST MON FEB 21 2005

...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE BUFFALO RIVER...
DUCK RIVER...

AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS...PERRY.
DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         22.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        13.1 FEET AND RISING AT 9 AM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      17.0 FT THIS EVENING THEN EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE OF 22.0 FT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24.5 FT
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS COVER THE SOCCER FIELDS AND BOTTOMLAND ALONG THE
RIVER. HICKMAN SPRINGS ROAD, DEFEATED CREEK ROAD, AND LEATHERWOOD ROAD WILL BE
IMPASSABLE. DEFEATED CREEK WILL FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER FROM THE DUCK RIVER.

BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         10.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        8.3 FEET AND RISING AT 10 AM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 13.5 FT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

AT THESE LEVELS...THE FLOOD PLAIN WILL BE INUNDATED AND SEVERAL ACCESS ROADS
ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE IMPASSABLE. LEEPER BOTTOM AND QUALLS BEND NEAR
LOBELVILLE WILL BE FLOODED. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.1 FEET
WHICH OCCURRED DEC 24 2004.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER...AND THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS...SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS.

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              FLOOD      OBSERVED           5-DAY FORECAST 6AM         CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   STG   DATE

DUCK RIVER
CENTERVILLE    22.0  13.1  MON 09 AM  20.3  24.5  22.0  18.4  16.3  24.5  02/23

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0   8.3  MON 10 AM  13.4  13.3  10.6   8.7   7.7  13.5  02/22

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