[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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TNC081-085-135-111514-


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
315 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2004

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


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

DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         22.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        25.0 FEET AND FALLING AT 1 AM SATURDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 25.5 FT  THIS MORNING THEN
FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 22.0 FT  TOMORROW EVENING 17.0 FT
TUESDAY  EARLY AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 16.5 FT WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING.
*   RIVER CRESTED:       25.2 AT  YESTERDAY LATE EVENING.


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.

BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         10.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        13.8 FEET AND STEADY AT 1 AM SATURDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 10.0 FT  EARLY
MONDAY  MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 8.0 FT WEDNESDAY MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.
*   RIVER CRESTED:       13.8 AT AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING.


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             FORECAST 6AM              CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU    STG   DATE

DUCK RIVER
CENTERVILLE    22.0  25.0  SAT 01 AM   25.5  23.9  20.1  17.4  16.3

BUFFALO RIVER
LOBELVILLE     10.0  13.8  SAT 01 AM   13.7  11.1   9.7   8.7   8.1
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