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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
829 PM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

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


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

SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         14.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        19.0 FEET AND FALLING AT 8 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 14.0 FT  AFTER
MIDNIGHT TOMORROW 10.0 FT  EARLY TOMORROW THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 3.5 FT
SUNDAY  EARLY AFTERNOON.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.
*   RIVER CRESTED:       22.1 AT  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
 THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.2 FEET WHICH OCCURRED FEB 5 2004.


HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS...
*   FLOOD STAGE:         15.0 FEET.
*   LATEST STAGE:        15.7 FEET AND FALLING AT 6 PM TUESDAY.
*   RIVER FORECAST:      FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 16.0 FT THRU  AFTER MIDNIGHT
TOMORROW THEN FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 15.0 FT  AFTER MIDNIGHT
TOMORROW 12.0 FT  TOMORROW MORNING THEN FORECAST TO RECEDE TO NEAR 1.5 FT
SATURDAY  EARLY AFTERNOON THEN FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE NEAR 1.5 FT THRU   SUNDAY
MORNING.
*   FLOOD CATEGORY:      THESE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.
*   RIVER CRESTED:       20.1 AT  LATE THIS MORNING.


AT THESE LEVELS...THE RIVER OVERFLOWS THE LEFT BANK AND FLOODS BOTTOMLAND ALONG
THE RIVER. SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE CUT OFF. MOSTLY
AGRICULTURAL BOTTOMLAND IS AFFECTED.. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.4 FEET WHICH OCCURRED MAR 19 2002.


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 7AM         CREST
LOCATION       STG    STG  DAY  TIME   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN   STG   DATE

SHOAL CREEK
IRON CITY      14.0  19.0  TUE 08 PM   4.2   4.0   3.8   3.6


HARPETH RIVER
KINGSTON SPRIN 15.0  15.7  TUE 06 PM   5.0   2.7   1.6   1.5




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