[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 060813
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
313 AM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...

  CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE AFFECTING DAVIDSON COUNTY

.RIVERS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE CONTINUE TO FALL...ALTHOUGH SEVERAL ARE
STILL EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. EXPECT FLOODING TO GRADUALLY
DIMINISH AROUND NASHVILLE IN THE CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.

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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313 AM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 05/06 14:00...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT NASHVILLE
* UNTIL 05/06 14:00.
* AT 02AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 45.1 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING.
* AT 47.0 FEET...WATER REACHES THE FIFTH GRASSY AREA OF THE RIVERFRONT LANDING
  IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.
* AT 46.0 FEET...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF THE SHELBY BOTTOMS AREA IS OCCURRING...
  INCLUDING THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND THE GREENWAY...AND WATER MAY APPROACH THE
  PARKING LOT OF THE SHELBY BOTTOMS NATURE CENTER.
* AT 45.0 FEET...IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE FLOOD WATERS COVER MOST OF THE RIVERFRONT
  LANDING AND THE ACCESS AREA ON THE EAST SIDE NEAR L P FIELD.
* AT 42.0 FEET...WATER REACHES THE FOURTH GRASSY AREA OF THE RIVERFRONT LANDING
  IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.
* AT 40.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE RIVER IN AND AROUND THE NASHVILLE
  METROPOLITAN AREA. FLOOD WATERS APPROACH SOME INDUSTRIAL AREAS DOWNTOWN AND
  CUMBERLAND FIELD AIRPORT.
* AT 39.0 FEET...WATER OVERFLOWS THE RIVER BANK ALONG PENNINGTON BEND NEAR OPRY
  MILLS AND APPROACHES THE LANDING AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.
* AT 38.5 FEET...WATER REACHES SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
  RIVER IN AND AROUND THE NASHVILLE AREA. THE PENNINGTON BEND AREA NEAR OPRY
  MILLS BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* 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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