[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
748 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2004

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


AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: HUMPHREYS...PERRY.

BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         10.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        12.4 FEET AND RISING AT 7 AM FRIDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 15.5 FT  AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW
THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON
THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 8.5 FT TUESDAY EVENING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING.
*   RIVER CRESTED:       16.4 AT EARLY YESTERDAY.


AT THESE LEVELS...THE FLOOD PLAIN WILL BE INUNDATED AND SEVERAL ACCESS ROADS
ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE IMPASSABLE. LEEPER BOTTOM AND QUALLS BEND NEAR
LOBELVILLE WILL BE FLOODED. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.7 FEET
WHICH OCCURRED FEB 23 2003.


PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER AND THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
$$




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

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0  12.4  FRI 07 AM  15.2  10.7   9.3   8.7        15.5  12/11

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