[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
247 AM CST MON JAN 23 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A RIVER FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE HARPETH RIVER...


AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: CHEATHAM.
HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         15.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        12.5 FEET AND RISING AT 1 AM MONDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 15.0 FT THIS
MORNING THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 16.5 FT THIS AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 15.0 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW 12.0 FT TOMORROW AFTERNOON
THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 5.5 FT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...THE RIVER OVERFLOWS THE LEFT BANK AND FLOODS BOTTOMLAND ALONG
THE RIVER. SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE CUT OFF. MOSTLY
AGRICULTURAL BOTTOMLAND IS AFFECTED.. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.4 FEET WHICH OCCURRED MAR 19 2002.


IF POSSIBLE...AVOID THE RIVER. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS AND
REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DON'T
DROWN.
&&

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

HARPETH RIVER
KINGSTON SPRIN 15.0  12.5  MON 01 AM  14.2   9.4   7.3   6.0        16.5  01/23


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