[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 062349
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
649 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE AFFECTING DAVIDSON COUNTY

.RIVERS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE CONTINUE TO FALL. WATERS ON THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER ARE DIMISHING AND THE RIVER HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT NASHVILLE.

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649 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE
* AT 630 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 37.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
* SIGNIFICANT DECREASES OF WATER FLOWING OUT OF OLD HICKORY DAM WILL
  CONTINUE...AND THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE FELL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 39.0 FEET...WATER OVERFLOWS THE RIVER BANK ALONG PENNINGTON BEND NEAR OPRY
  MILLS AND APPROACHES THE LANDING AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.
* AT 38.5 FEET...WATER REACHES SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
  RIVER IN AND AROUND THE NASHVILLE AREA. THE PENNINGTON BEND AREA NEAR OPRY
  MILLS BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* AT 38.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE THE THIRD GRASSY AREA OF THE
  RIVERFRONT LANDING IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE AND PAVED WALKING AND BIKING TRAILS
  IN THE SHELBY BOTTOMS AREA.
* AT 34.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE WATER REACHES THE SECOND GRASSY AREA OF
  THE RIVERFRONT LANDING AND COVERS MOST OF THE ACCESS AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF
  THE RIVER NEAR L P FIELD. IN EAST NASHVILLE WATER REACHES DIRT TRAILS IN THE
  SHELBY BOTTOMS PARK AREA.
* AT 30.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE THE FIRST GRASSY AREA OF THE RIVERFRONT
  LANDING...AND THE ACCESS POINT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER NEAR L P FIELD
  ARE INUNDATED.
* AT 25.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE THE RIVERFRONT AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
  RIVER BEGIN TO BE INUNDATED.

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