[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
940 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:        15.5 FEET AND RISING AT 5 PM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 22.0 FT TOMORROW
AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24.5 FT  WEDNESDAY  MORNING THEN FORECAST
TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 22.0 FT  WEDNESDAY  EVENING 17.0 FT  THURSDAY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 15.0 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:        10.5 FEET AND RISING AT 7 PM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 12.0 FT EARLY  WEDNESDAY
MORNING THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT  THURSDAY  MORNING
8.0 FT  SATURDAY  MORNING 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             FORECAST 6AM              CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME    TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT    STG  DATE

DUCK RIVER
CENTERVILLE    22.0  15.5  MON 05 PM   18.7  24.5  19.0  16.5  14.8  24.5  02/23

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0  10.5  MON 07 PM   11.5  11.8   9.9   8.6   7.9  12.0  02/23
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