[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
303 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A RIVER FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE ELK RIVER AT PROSPECT IN SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY...

AFFECTING THESE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA: LIMESTONE AND IN TENNESSEE: GILES.

ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         26.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        17.9 FEET AND RISING AT 2 PM.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY
                         THEN CREST NEAR 27 FT SATURDAY EVENING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

AT THESE LEVELS...FLOOD WATERS APPROACH COUNTY ROAD 49...VETO ROAD...AND BETHAL
PROSPECT ROAD...BOTH JUST SOUTH OF PROSPECT. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS
CREST OF 27.3 FEET WHICH OCCURRED FEB 16 2003.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG THE ELK RIVER AND THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR
WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER THREATENS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU APPROACH A WATER COVERED ROAD...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
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              FLOOD      OBSERVED           5-DAY FORECAST 7AM         CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   SAT   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   STG   DATE

ELK RIVER
PROSPECT       26.0  17.9  FRI 02 PM  26.4  25.0   9.6   7.3   5.9  27.0  06/26
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