[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 042205
FLSOHX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
505 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

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HOUSTON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
505 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR
HUMPHREYS...BENTON...STEWART...MONTGOMERY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM CDT WATER LEVELS ON THE TENNESSEE AND CUMBERLAND RIVERS
WERE CRESTING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SLOWLY FALLING LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

AT 500 PM TUESDAY...THE CUMBERLAND RIVER LEVEL AT DOVER WAS AT 373.0
FEET AND STEADY. WATER LEVELS BEHIND BARKLEY DAM ARE HOLDING NEAR
372.5 FEET...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING AS RELEASES CONTINUE
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT DOVER CRESTED AT
374.0 FEET DURING THE MAY FLOOD LAST YEAR.

AT CLARKSVILLE...THE RIVER LEVEL WAS AT 45.5 FEET (375.5 FEET MSL)
AND STEADY. FLOOD STAGE AT CLARKSVILLE IS 46.0 FEET...AND THE RIVER
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
THESE HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG
THE CUMBERLAND RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF CLARKSVILLE...IN STEWART AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.

AT 500 PM THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE NEW JOHNSONVILLE AREA WAS NEAR
372.6 FEET AND STEADY. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY FALL OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AS RELEASES OUT OF KENTUCKY DAM CONTINUE. MINOR TO
MODERATE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN BENTON...HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...
AND STEWART COUNTIES ALONG THE RIVER AND ON THE TRIBUTARIES.

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 8736 3634 8758 3585 8774 3585 8817
      3613 8818 3624 8808 3637 8809 3637 8800
      3643 8805 3668 8807

$$

LAROSA


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