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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
847 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

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

  DUCK RIVER NEAR SHELBYVILLE AFFECTING BEDFORD AND MARSHALL COUNTIES
  DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA AFFECTING MAURY COUNTY
  SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY AFFECTING LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES
  ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT AFFECTING LIMESTONE AND GILES COUNTIES
  RICHLAND CREEK ABOVE PULASKI AFFECTING GILES COUNTY

.WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING...AND FURTHER RISES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH MANY RIVERS REMAINING HIGH INTO NEXT WEEK.

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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847 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER NEAR SHELBYVILLE
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 08PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...11.6 FEET AND RISING.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 29.5 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH THE WEST LANE BAPTIST CHURCH
* AT 29.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH SEVERAL GARAGES ON US HWY 231
* AT 27.5 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND MT. ZION BAPTEST
  CHURCH. FLOODING WILL BE EXTENSIVE THROUGHTOUT SHELBYVILLE AS BACKWATER FROM
  THE DUCK RIVER PUSHES SMALLER STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS IS A
  LIFE-THREATENING FLOOD. AVOID AREAS NEAR THE DUCK RIVER.
* AT 25.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE DUCK RIVER
  THROUGHOUT THE SHELBYVILLE AREA.


$$

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/COLT1.2.ER.100502T0924Z.100504T1800Z.100505T2110Z.NO/
847 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* AT 08PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...21.7 FEET AND RISING.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 40.0 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 42.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH THE HIGHWAY 31 BRIDGE
* AT 41.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
* 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

$$

ALC077-TNC099-021347-
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/IRCT1.1.ER.100502T2009Z.100503T0600Z.100504T0040Z.NO/
847 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY
* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* AT 07PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...4.5 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 18.0 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 14.0 FEET...FLOODING OF BOTTOMLAND ALONG SHOAL CREEK BEGINS

$$

ALC083-TNC055-021347-
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/PSPT1.1.ER.100503T1151Z.100504T0000Z.100504T1800Z.NO/
847 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT
* FROM MONDAY MORNING UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
* AT 08PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...1.4 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 28.0 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 26.0 FEET...WATER COMPLETELY FLOODS VETO ROAD NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON
  BRIDGE SOUTH OF ROUTE 273. IT MAY BE UNSAFE TO PASS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD SEEK
  AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
* AT 25.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD VETO ROAD NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON
  BRIDGE SOUTH OF ROUTE 273.
* AT 24.5 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO APPROACH VETO ROAD NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON
  BRIDGE.
* AT 22.0 FEET...WATER COMPLETELY INUNDATES THE TWRA BOAT LAUNCH PARKING LOT
  NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON BRIDGE ON VETO ROAD.
* AT 19.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE THE TWRA BOAT LAUNCH PARKING AREA NEAR
  THE HARGROVE-JOHNSON BRIDGE ON VETO ROAD. THE BOAT RAMP IS COMPLETELY
  SUBMERGED AT THIS LEVEL AND MAY BE UNUSABLE.
* AT 18.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE THE LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG
  THE RIVER.


$$

TNC055-021347-
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/PLKT1.1.ER.100502T1215Z.100503T0600Z.100504T0240Z.UU/
847 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE RICHLAND CREEK ABOVE PULASKI
* FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* AT 08PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...7.6 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 26.0 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY MONDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
* AT 22.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF VALES MILL ROAD BETWEEN CHICKEN CREEK ROAD AND THE
  HIGHWAY 64 BYPASS BECOME INUNDATED AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CLOSURE
* AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS

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