[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
216 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

.HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURDAY HAS CAUSED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF INTO THE
CUMBERLAND RIVER BRINGING THE STAGE TO 35.4 FEET AT NASHVILLE AS OF 1 AM
CDT...AND THE RIVER IS CONTINUING TO RISE. FLOOD STAGE ON THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER AT NASHVILLE IS 40.0 FEET.

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.

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216 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 01AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 35.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 27.3 FEET THIS MORNING.
* AT 38.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE THE THIRD GRASSY AREA OF THE
  RIVERFRONT LANDING IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE AND PAVED WALKING AND BIKING TRAILS
  IN THE SHELBY BOTTOMS AREA.
* AT 34.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE WATER REACHES THE SECOND GRASSY AREA OF
  THE RIVERFRONT LANDING AND COVERS MOST OF THE ACCESS AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF
  THE RIVER NEAR L P FIELD. IN EAST NASHVILLE WATER REACHES DIRT TRAILS IN THE
  SHELBY BOTTOMS PARK AREA.
* AT 30.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE THE FIRST GRASSY AREA OF THE RIVERFRONT
  LANDING...AND THE ACCESS POINT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER NEAR L P FIELD
  ARE INUNDATED.
* AT 25.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE THE RIVERFRONT AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
  RIVER BEGIN TO BE INUNDATED.

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BOYD


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