[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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FLWOHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
645 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

  BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE AFFECTING PERRY COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BUFFALO RIVER BASIN HAS FORCED RAPID RISES IN THE RIVER
NEAR LOBELVILLE. THE RIVER WILL LIKELY RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.

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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645 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE BUFFALO RIVER NEAR LOBELVILLE
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING
* AT 06AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...13.8 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 14.2 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 14.0 FEET...GILMER BRIDGE ROAD AND RUSSELL CREEK ROAD BEGIN TO BE
  INUNDATED. LEEPER BOTTOM AND QUALLS BEND ROAD BECOME INUNDATED AS WELL.
* AT 12.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF SECONDARY ROADS NEAR OLD HIGHWAY 13 MAY BE
  INUNDATED
* AT 11.5 FEET...AGRICULTURAL BOTTOMLAND FLOODS. WATER APPROACHES THE RIVER
  ACCESS ROAD EAST OF LOBELVILLE
* AT 10.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS AND AGRICULTURAL BOTTOMLAND WILL FLOOD


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