[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1059 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2010

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INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NASHVILLE
1059 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2010

...LEVELS ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER ARE RISING AND WILL CREST NEAR FLOOD
STAGE...

HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT HAS LED TO RISES ON CREEKS
AND STREAMS IN THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA...AND AS THIS WATER
CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IT WILL RISE TO NEAR
FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS EVENING. AT 10AM THIS MORNING THE WATER LEVEL
ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE NEAR 32 FEET. WATER WAS BEING
RELEASED OUT OF OLD HICKORY DAM UPSTREAM OF NASHVILLE AT A RATE
THAT IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WAS RELEASED DURING THE MAY FLOOD.

UPSTREAM OF OLD HICKORY DAM THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IS SHOWING SIGNS
OF LEVELING OFF. THE RIVER LEVEL AT CARTHAGE CRESTED JUST UNDER 29
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SIMILAR TRENDS CAN BE SEEN AT THE GAUGE NEAR HUNTERS
POINT IN WILSON COUNTY. OTHER LOCAL TRIBUTARIES NEAR THE DAM...
INCLUDING CEDAR CREEK...BLEDSOE CREEK...STATION CAM CREEK...AND
DRAKES CREEK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE WATER LEVEL BEHIND OLD HICKORY
DAM. HOWEVER...LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THIS MORNING IF THEY
HAVE NOT BEGUN TO DO SO ALREADY. ALL OF THIS WATER IS EXPECTED TO
BRING THE POOL LEVEL BEHIND THE DAM UP TO ABOUT 448 FEET...BELOW
THE POOL LEVEL OF JUST OVER 451 FEET DURING THE MAY FLOOD.

AS THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE RISES THIS MORNING...WATER
INUNDATES THE RIVERFRONT LANDING AND LOW LYING AREAS. AT 34 FEET
THE RIVER WILL FURTHER INUNDATE THE RIVERFRONT LANDING...BUT ALSO
SOME OF THE LOW LYING AREAS IN SHELBY BOTTOMS. SOME OF THE TRAILS
NEAR THE RIVER WILL BE INACCESSIBLE. BY 38 FEET...WATER HAS
INUNDATED MOST OF THE RIVERFRONT LANDING AND IS ALSO COVERING SOME
OF THE PAVED TRAILS IN SHELBY BOTTOMS. AT THIS LEVEL PENNINGTON
BEND AND AREAS NEAR THE OPRY MILLS MALL WILL BEGIN TO BE
INUNDATED. AS THE RIVER LEVEL AT NASHVILLE CRESTS NEAR 40 FEET
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...PENNINGTON BEND AND OPRY MILLS WILL SEE
SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE BANKS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF
INDUSTRIAL AREAS ALONG THE RIVER AND THE CUMBERLAND FIELD AIRPORT.

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LAROSA


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