[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 061301
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
801 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE..
  DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA AFFECTING MAURY COUNTY
  DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE AFFECTING HICKMAN COUNTY

. ** CONTINUED RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WILL KEEP THE DUCK RIVER ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE AT COLUMBIA AND CENTERVILLE UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY. **

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.

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.

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TNC119-070101-
/O.CON.KOHX.FL.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090507T0852Z/
/COLT1.1.ER.090502T1545Z.090504T1800Z.090507T0252Z.NO/
801 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* AT 07AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 34.5 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET
* 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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TNC081-070101-
/O.CON.KOHX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090508T0900Z/
/CNVT1.2.ER.090502T1130Z.090503T0200Z.090508T0300Z.NO/
801 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE
* UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* AT 07AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.3 FEET
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* AT 25.0 FEET...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.
* AT 22.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL COVER THE FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE RIVER.
  SEVERAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER WILL BE PARTIALLY COVERED. IN CENTERVILLE...
  HICKMAN SPRINGS ROAD AND DEFEATED CREEK ROAD WILL BE AFFECTED. LEATHERWOOD
  ROAD BETWEEN SHADY GROVE AND PRIMM SPRINGS NEAR TOTTYS BEND WILL ALSO BE
  AFFECTED.
* AT 17.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW THE BANKS.


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