[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
554 PM CST THU FEB 6 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE AFFECTING PERRY COUNTY

. RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINFALL WILL KEEP THE BUFFALO RIVER AT LOBELVILLE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT...FALLING BELOW TOWARD DAWN FRIDAY MORNING.

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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554 PM CST THU FEB 6 2014

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 02/07 18:00...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE
* UNTIL 02/07 18:00.
* AT 05PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET...AND NEARING CREST.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW.
* AT 16.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS COVER ROUTE 438 SOUTH OF LOBELVILLE. EXTENSIVE
  AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER IS FLOODED AS WELL.
* AT 14.0 FEET...GILMER BRIDGE ROAD AND RUSSELL CREEK ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD.
  LEEPER BOTTOM AND QUALLS BEND ROAD BECOME FLOODED AS WELL.
* AT 12.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF SECONDARY ROADS NEAR OLD HIGHWAY 13 ARE INUNDATED.
* AT 10.0 FEET...WATER INUNDATES LOW LYING AREAS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE
  RIVER.

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