[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1034 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

TNZ005>010-022>031-056>064-075-077-093>095-282345-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-
JACKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DE KALB-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...
DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...
HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1034 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

...HEAVY RAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT PRODUCE RISES ON AREA
RIVERS...

...CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE...

A NUMBER OF RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAVE
SHOWN SIGNIFICANT RISES THIS MORNING...IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINS. SOME RIVERS ARE CURRENTLY IN FLOOD...INCLUDING THE
CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CLARKSVILLE...THE RED RIVER AT PORT
ROYAL...AND MILL CREEK AT ANTIOCH. THE HARPETH RIVER AT KINGSTON
SPRINGS IS FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS.

AT 930 AM CDT...THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE WAS AT 30.74
FEET AND IS FORECAST TO CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE...AT 33.2 FT...AT
700 PM THIS EVENING. FLOOD STAGE IN NASHVILLE IS 40 FEET.

EVEN THOUGH THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IN NASHVILLE IS NOT FORECAST TO
REACH FLOOD STAGE...YOU CAN EXPECT A LEVEL OF 33.2 FEET TO BRING
WATER INTO LOW LYING AREAS AONG THE RIVER...INCLUDING THE
RIVERFRONT LANDING AND RECREATION AREAS NEAR LP FIELD. IF
ADDITIONAL WATER RELEASES ARE MADE FROM OLD HICKORY DAM LATER
TODAY...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WATER COULD REACH THE SECOND GRASSY
AREA OF THE RIVERFRONT LANDING AND COVER MOST OF THE RECREATION
AREAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER NEAR LP FIELD. HOWEVER...ONCE
AGAIN...THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE IS NOT FORECAST TO REACH
FLOOD STAGE.

EVEN THOUGH THE RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...RIVER LEVELS
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE
ISSUED AS NEEDED.


LAT...LON 3547 8784 3549 8780 3549 8778 3535 8761 3515 8795 3519
8799 3529 8799 3530 8801 3530 8802 3533 8802

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