[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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WGUS44 KOHX 012145
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

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

...FORECAST AND OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS AFFECTING CHEATHAM COUNTY
  MILL CREEK NEAR WOODBINE AFFECTING DAVIDSON COUNTY

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MAJOR TO RECORD SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING
RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  MILL CREEK NEAR ANTIOCH AFFECTING DAVIDSON COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MILL CREEK AND HARPETH RIVER BASINS HAS CAUSED WATER LEVELS TO RISE AND CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO BE NEAR
LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE 1979 ALONG MILL CREEK ESPECAILLY NEAR ANTIOCH...WHEN THE LEVEL NEAR ANTIOCH REACHED ALMOST 24 FEET. WATER LEVELS ON THE HARPETH RIVER NEAR
KINGSTONS SPRINGS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR MAJOR FLOOD LEVELS BY TOMORROW MORNING.

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.

&&

TNC037-020945-
/O.EXT.KOHX.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100502T2019Z/
/ANTT1.3.ER.100501T1820Z.100502T0400Z.100502T1419Z.NR/
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MAJOR TO RECORD SEVERITY...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE MILL CREEK NEAR ANTIOCH
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 04PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...19.4 FEET AND RISING.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* RECORD FLOOD STAGE IS NEAR 24 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 23.9 FEET BY TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW.
* AT 18.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD THE LOW LYING PORTIONS OF THE PARKING LOT
  AT THE ROADWAY TRUCKING CENTER.

$$

TNC037-020945-
/O.CON.KOHX.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/WBNT1.1.ER.100501T1935Z.100501T2100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MILL CREEK NEAR WOODBINE
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 04PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...16.7 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* AT 14.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD THE YARDS OF HOMES ALONG WIMPOLE DRIVE
  AND CURREY ROAD NEAR THOMPSON LANE...AND THE LOW LYING PORTIONS OF BUSINESSES
  NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD GLENROSE AVENUE AND THOMPSON LANE.

$$

TNC021-020944-
/O.CON.KOHX.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100504T2300Z/
/KINT1.3.ER.100501T2008Z.100503T1800Z.100504T1700Z.NR/
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE HARPETH RIVER NEAR KINGSTON SPRINGS
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
* AT 04PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...23.8 FEET RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 28.7 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 32.0 FEET...SECONDARY ROADS ALONG THE RIVER AND PORTIONS OF HWY 70 WILL BE
  IMPASSIBLE. WATER WILL APPROACH SEVERAL RESIDENCES ON HWY 70 ACROSS FROM THE
  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WILL REACH THE CITY PARK NEAR THE OLD BRIDGE.

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