[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
402 PM 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:        14.2 FEET AND RISING AT 1 PM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:       17.0 FT THIS EVENING THEN EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE OF 22.0 FT TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24.5 FT
WEDNESDAY  MORNING THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 22.0 FT  THURSDAY
MORNING 17.0 FT  FRIDAY  EVENING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 16.5 FT
SATURDAY  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:        9.4 FEET AND RISING AT 3 PM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 13.5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT  THURSDAY  EARLY AFTERNOON
8.0 FT  FRIDAY  BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 8.0 FT  SATURDAY
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 INTERESTSSHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
$$




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

DUCK RIVER
CENTERVILLE    22.0  14.2  MON 01 PM  20.3  24.5  22.0  18.4  16.3  24.5  02/23

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0   9.4  MON 03 PM  13.4  13.3  10.6   8.7   7.7  13.5  02/22
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