[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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WGUS44 KOHX 030828
FLWOHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
328 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING
RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...
  CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CARTHAGE AFFECTING SMITH COUNTY
.RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS ARE CAUSING THE CUMBERLAND
RIVER AT CARTHAGE TO CONTINUE RISING. THE RIVER STAGE AT
CARTHAGE AT 3 AM CDT WAS AT 42.2 FEET AND IS FORECAST TO
CREST AT 48.7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TONIGHT. NO ADDITONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY.

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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328 AM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CARTHAGE
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 03AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...42.2 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 48.7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* 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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BOYD


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