[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 291036
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
436 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE..
  RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES

. AT 300 AM CST THE RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL WAS AT A STAGE OF 33.9 FEET.  THE
RIVER HAS BEEN FALLING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE DAY.

AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...AND MOVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO HIGHER
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO PASS...EVEN IN TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEB
PAGE AT HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OHX.

TNC125-147-292000-
/O.CON.KOHX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090129T2000Z/
/PORT1.1.ER.090128T1800Z.090129T0500Z.090129T1400Z.NO/
436 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* AT 03AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 33.9 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING.
* AT 33.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL APPROACH THE PORT ROYAL STATE PARK ON HIGHWAY
  238.
* AT 30.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL INUNDATE BOTTOMLAND AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG
  PORT ROYAL ROAD NEAR PORT ROYAL STATE PARK.

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