[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 292244
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 PM 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 440 PM CST THE RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL WAS 31.4 FEET WHICH IS 1.4 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. tHE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING.

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.

TNC125-147-300448-
/O.EXT.KOHX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090130T0448Z/
/PORT1.1.ER.090128T1800Z.090129T0500Z.090129T2248Z.NO/
444 PM CST THU JAN 29 2009

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THIS EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL THIS EVENING.
* AT 04PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 31.4 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 31.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL INUNDATE BOTTOMLAND AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG
  PORT ROYAL ROAD NEAR PORT ROYAL STATE PARK.

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