[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1207 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

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HOUSTON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
1207 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
  NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...
  STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 1151 AM CDT LEVELS ON PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND
  CUMBERLAND RIVER WERE ON THE RISE.

* WATER BACKING UP ON LAKE BARKLEY AND KENTUCKY LAKE WAS CAUSING
  MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND CUMBERLAND RIVERS...AND
  ADDITIONAL RISES EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO
  CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

AT NOON ON FRIDAY...THE CUMBERLAND RIVER LEVEL AT DOVER WAS AROUND
368.5 FEET AND RISING...WITH RIVER LEVELS EXPECTED TO REACH 372.0
FEET ON SUNDAY...AND POSSIBLY HIGHER THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AT
CLARKSVILLE...THE RIVER LEVEL WAS AROUND 46.0 FEET (376.0 FEET MSL)
AND SLOWLY FALLING...BUT BACKWATER EFFECTS MAY CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
RIVER NEAR ITS CURRENT LEVEL INTO NEXT WEEK. THESE HIGH RIVER LEVELS
WILL CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
DOWNSTREAM OF CLARKSVILLE...IN STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. ON
THE TENNESSEE RIVER...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN
BENTON...HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...AND STEWART COUNTIES ALONG THE RIVER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL
LIKELY IMPACT THIS AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING
ALONG THE TRIBUTARIES AS THEY FLOW INTO THE ALREADY SWOLLEN
TENNESSEE AND CUMBERLAND RIVERS...WHICH WILL FURTHER WORSEN THE
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 8787 3665 8785 3665 8731 3653 8715
      3634 8737 3634 8759 3616 8767 3615 8804
      3637 8807 3637 8800 3643 8805 3668 8806

$$

LAROSA




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