[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 020911
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
411 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

.ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY CAUSE THE HARPETH RIVER TO RISE TO
NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE RIVER AND ITS ADJACENT TRIBUTARIES TO REMAIN
HIGH THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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411 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 03AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 19.5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON
* AT 20.0 FEET...FLOODING OF THE KINGSTON SPRINGS CITY PARK BEGINS AND WATER
  APPROACHES PINNACLE HILL ROAD AND EAST KINGSTONS SPRINGS ROAD. SEVERAL
  SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER BECOME IMPASSABLE.
* AT 18.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE NARROWS OF THE HARPETH STATE PARK BECOME
  INUNDATED.
* AT 16.0 FEET...LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND BOTTOM LAND ADJACENT TO THE
  RIVER BEGINS TO BE INUNDATED


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JLM
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