[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 091004
FLSOHX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
404 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011


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

  ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT AFFECTING LIMESTONE AND GILES COUNTIES

.THE ELK RIVER WAS AT 10.1 FEET AT 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...THE ELK RIVER AT PROSPECT WILL RISE TO NEAR 22.4 FEET
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CREST THURSDAY MORNING AROUND 23.3 FEET. WATER LEVELS THIS
HIGH WILL INUNDATE LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER...AND SOME ROAD AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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404 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
  THE ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT
* AT 03AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
* 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.

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BOYD
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