[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
532 PM CST TUE DEC 07 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A RIVER FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE BUFFALO RIVER...DUCK RIVER...ELK RIVER...HARPETH RIVER...SHOAL CREEK...


AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA: LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE AND IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE: CHEATHAM...DAVIDSON...GILES...HICKMAN...HUMPHREYS...LAWRENCE...
MAURY...PERRY...WILLIAMSON.

BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         10.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        12.8 FEET AND RISING AT 4 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 14.7 FEET WHICH OCCURRED FEB 23 2003.


HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         15.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        19.5 FEET AND FALLING AT 3 PM 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.
*   RIVER CRESTED:       20.0 AT  THIS AFTERNOON.


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 20.1 FEET WHICH OCCURRED OCT 19 2004.


HARPETH RIVER AT FRANKLIN...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         21.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        21.1 FEET AND RISING AT 2 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 21.0 FT THRU  THIS EVENING
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 21.0 FT  THIS EVENING 18.0 FT  EARLY
TOMORROW THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 4.0 FT   SUNDAY  MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS REACH LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BANKS, INCLUDING
THE THE CITY PARK.. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.6 FEET WHICH
OCCURRED OCT 19 2004.


DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         32.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        29.9 FEET AND RISING AT 3 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT  AFTER
MIDNIGHT TOMORROW THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 33.5 FT  TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 32.0 FT  TOMORROW LATE EVENING 28.0
FT   THURSDAY  MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 9.0 FT   SUNDAY  MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS REACH HWY 247 AT THE DUCK RIVER...WEST OF
COLUMBIA. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 31.8 FEET WHICH OCCURRED
DEC 2 2004.


DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         22.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        20.8 FEET AND RISING AT 1 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 22.0 FT  AFTER
MIDNIGHT TOMORROW THEN FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 24.0 FT  EARLY  THURSDAY  MORNING
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 22.0 FT   THURSDAY  BEFORE MIDNIGHT
17.0 FT   FRIDAY  EVENING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 11.5 FT   SUNDAY
MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS COVER THE SOCCER FIELDS AND BOTTOMLAND ALONG THE
RIVER. HICKMAN SPRINGS ROAD, DEFEATED CREEK ROAD, AND LEATHERWOOD ROAD WILL BE
IMPASSABLE. DEFEATED CREEK WILL FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER FROM THE DUCK RIVER.

SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         14.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        16.3 FEET AND RISING AT 4 PM 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.


ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         26.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        23.6 FEET AND RISING AT 5 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 26.0 FT  TOMORROW
EVENING THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 26.0 FT  TOMORROW EVENING
22.0 FT   THURSDAY  EARLY AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 9.0 FT
SUNDAY  MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.


AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS REACH THE NEW BOAT DOCK AND RIVER BOTTOMLAND NEAR
PROSPECT.. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 24.4 FEET WHICH OCCURRED
MAR 19 2002.


IF POSSIBLE...AVOID THE RIVER. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS AND
REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DON'T
DROWN.
$$




              FLOOD      OBSERVED           5-DAY FORECAST 6AM         CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   STG   DATE

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0  12.8  TUE 04 PM  14.0  15.1  10.5   8.3   7.1  16.0  12/08

HARPETH RIVER
KINGSTON SPRIN 15.0  19.5  TUE 03 PM  17.4   6.5   4.0   3.7   3.6  21.5  12/07
FRANKLIN       21.0  21.1  TUE 02 PM  17.4   4.5   4.3   4.1   3.9  21.2  12/07

DUCK RIVER
COLUMBIA       32.0  29.9  TUE 03 PM  32.9  28.8  15.6  10.1   9.0  33.5  12/08
CENTERVILLE    22.0  20.8  TUE 01 PM  23.1  24.0  20.2  15.3  11.5  24.0  12/09

SHOAL CREEK
IRON CITY      14.0  16.3  TUE 04 PM  13.1   8.5   6.4   5.1   4.4  17.0  12/07

ELK RIVER
PROSPECT       26.0  23.6  TUE 05 PM  25.5  25.3  14.1  11.0   9.1  26.0  12/08

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