[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1229 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

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

  CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CARTHAGE AFFECTING SMITH COUNTY

.HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND HAS BROUGHT WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO AREA
CREEKS AND RIVERS, WITH RECORD OR NEAR-RECORD CRESTS IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS.

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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1229 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CARTHAGE
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 12AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...39.7 FEET
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 43.0 FEET BY THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.
* AT 45.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH THE LEVEL OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
* AT 43.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS APPROACH UPPER FERRY RD...BLAIR RD...AND SOME
  HOMES LOCATED IN LOW-LYING AREAS OF CARTHAGE.
* AT 40.0 FEET...BOTH BANKS BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. FLOOD WATERS INUNDATE BOTTOMLAND
  ALONG THE RIVER.
* AT 37.0 FEET...BACKWATER FROM THE CUMBERLAND RIVER WILL REACH THE WATERVALE
  COMMUNITY. SEVERAL HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES WILL BE FLOODED.


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