[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1246 PM CST TUE DEC 07 2004

...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE BUFFALO RIVER...
HARPETH RIVER...SHOAL CREEK...


AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA: LAUDERDALE AND IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE:
CHEATHAM...HUMPHREYS...LAWRENCE...PERRY.

BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         10.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        11.7 FEET AND RISING AT 12 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 16.0 FT  TOMORROW EVENING THEN
FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT  LATE  FRIDAY  MORNING 8.0 FT
LATE  SATURDAY  MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 7.0 FT   SUNDAY
MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATER COVERS ROUTE 50, SOUTH OF LOBELVILLE. THIS CREST
COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.9 FEET WHICH OCCURRED MAR 18 2002.


HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         15.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        18.9 FEET AND RISING AT 11 AM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 21.5 FT  THIS EVENING THEN
FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 15.0 FT  TOMORROW LATE MORNING 12.0 FT
TOMORROW AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3.5 FT  EARLY  SUNDAY
MORNING THEN FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 3.5 FT THRU   SUNDAY  EARLY AFTERNOON.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS WILL OVERFLOW THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER AND
APPROACH PINNACLE HILL ROAD, AND E. KINGSTON SPRINGS ROAD. SEVERAL SECONDARY
ROADS NEAR THE RIVER BECOME IMPASSIBLE. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST
OF 21.3 FEET WHICH OCCURRED FEB 7 2004.


SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         14.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        14.7 FEET AND RISING AT 10 AM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 17.0 FT  THIS EVENING THEN
FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 14.0 FT  EARLY TOMORROW 10.0 FT  TOMORROW
EVENING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 4.5 FT   SUNDAY  MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.
 THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.0 FEET WHICH OCCURRED DEC 1 2004.


PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER AND THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
$$
BOYD
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              FLOOD      OBSERVED           5-DAY FORECAST 6AM         CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   STG   DATE

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0  11.7  TUE 12 PM  14.0  15.1  10.5   8.3   7.1  16.0  12/08

HARPETH RIVER
KINGSTON SPRIN 15.0  18.9  TUE 11 AM  17.4   6.5   4.0   3.7   3.6  21.5  12/07

SHOAL CREEK
IRON CITY      14.0  14.7  TUE 10 AM  13.1   8.5   6.4   5.1   4.4  17.0  12/07
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