[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 262234
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
534 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  GARRISON FORK NEAR WARTRACE AFFECTING BEDFORD COUNTY

. HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY MORNING HAS CAUSED GARRISON FORK NEAR WARTRACE TO
OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. THE RIVER CRESTED NEAR 11 FEET AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
AND HAS SINCE FELL TO 9.4 FEET.  IF THE RIVER CONTINUES TO SUBSIDE AT THIS
RATE IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING.

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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534 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GARRISON FORK NEAR WARTRACE
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 05PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND  FLOODING IS FORECAST UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* AT 8.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO FLOW OVER THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON BUGSCUFFLE
  ROAD.

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