[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 282145
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
345 PM CST WED JAN 28 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES

.HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED THE RED RIVER TO RISE. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS
ENDED RIVER READINGS HAVE EXCEDDED FLOOD STAGE.

AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...AND MOVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO HIGHER
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO PASS...EVEN IN TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED
ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEB
PAGE AT HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OHX.

TNC125-147-290945-
/O.EXT.KOHX.FL.W.0001.090128T2140Z-090129T1300Z/
/PORT1.1.ER.090128T1800Z.090129T0000Z.090129T0700Z.NO/
345 PM CST WED JAN 28 2009

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES
FOR
  THE RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* AT 300 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 32.2 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 33.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
* AT 30.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL INUNDATE BOTTOMLAND AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG
  PORT ROYAL ROAD NEAR PORT ROYAL STATE PARK.

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