[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1018 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

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

  HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS AFFECTING CHEATHAM COUNTY

.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA.
KINGSTON SPRINGS IN CHEATHAM COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE TODAY BEFORE FALLING OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...AND MOVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO HIGHER
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO PASS...EVEN IN TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

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

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1018 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 09AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS...19.0 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 22.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
* AT 25.0 FEET...THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE NARROWS OF THE HARPETH STATE PARK BEGINS
  TO BE INUNDATED.
* AT 22.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF MOUND CREEK ROAD BECOME INUNDATED.
* AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING OF THE KINGSTON SPRINGS CITY PARK BEGINS AND WATER
  APPROACHES PINNACLE HILL ROAD AND EAST KINGSTONS SPRINGS ROAD. SEVERAL
  SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* AT 18.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE NARROWS OF THE HARPETH STATE PARK BECOME
  INUNDATED.
* AT 16.0 FEET...LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND BOTTOM LAND ADJACENT TO THE
  RIVER BEGINS TO BE INUNDATED


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