[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1231 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

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HOUSTON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
1231 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* 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 430 AM CDT THURSDAY

AT NOON ON MONDAY...THE CUMBERLAND RIVER LEVEL AT DOVER WAS AT 371.0
FEET AND RISING...WITH RIVER LEVELS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR 372.0
FEET TUESDAY. THE CUMBERLAND RIVER MAY CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR
375.0 TO 376.0 FEET THIS WEEK...AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH
TOMORROW RUNS OFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
AT DOVER CRESTED AT 374.0 FEET DURING THE MAY FLOOD LAST YEAR.

AT CLARKSVILLE...THE RIVER LEVEL WAS AT 41.0 FEET (371.0 FEET MSL)
AND STEADY. RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES
LATER THIS WEEK...BUT THE RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY
STEADY. FLOOD STAGE IS 46.0 FEET AT CLARKSVILLE. 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...AND ON THE TRIBUTARIES FROM THE ANTICIPATED RAINFALL. THE
TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE NEW JOHNSONVILLE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
RISE TO NEAR 372.0 FEET TUESDAY MORNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.

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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