[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1139 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

  DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA AFFECTING MAURY COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE DUCK RIVER BASIN HAS FORCED RAPID RISES IN DUCK RIVER
NEAR COLUMBIA. THE RIVER REACHED FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING AND SHOULD RISE TO
NEAR 37 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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1139 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* AT 11AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...32.4 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 37.0 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 37.5 FEET...FLOOD WATERS ENTER THE OLD TVA HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT
* AT 36.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL REACH RIVERSIDE DRIVE
* AT 34.5 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUNDS, THE
  CITY BALL FIELD, AND THE PACKING COMPANY ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE
* AT 34.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH HWY 247 AT THE DUCK RIVER...WEST OF COLUMBIA
* AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS OVERFLOW THE BANKS AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
  COLUMBIA BEGIN TO FLOOD


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