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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
855 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

  DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA AFFECTING MAURY COUNTY
  ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT AFFECTING LIMESTONE AND GILES COUNTIES
  RICHLAND CREEK ABOVE PULASKI AFFECTING GILES COUNTY

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

  DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE AFFECTING HICKMAN COUNTY
  SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY AFFECTING LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES

.RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
RIVERS TO RISE THROUGH TONIGHT. RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE
REST OF THE WEEK.

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.

&&

TNC119-281355-
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855 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT COLUMBIA
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 08PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...31.1 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 37.0 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT 37.5 FEET...FLOOD WATERS ENTER THE OLD TVA HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT
* AT 36.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL REACH RIVERSIDE DRIVE
* AT 34.5 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUNDS, THE
  CITY BALL FIELD, AND THE PACKING COMPANY ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE
* AT 34.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH HWY 247 AT THE DUCK RIVER...WEST OF COLUMBIA
* AT 32.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS OVERFLOW THE BANKS AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
  COLUMBIA BEGIN TO FLOOD

$$

TNC081-281355-
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/CNVT1.2.ER.110428T0241Z.110429T1800Z.110501T0752Z.NO/
855 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 08PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...21.5 FEET AND RISING.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 26.5 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 25.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS COVER THE SOCCER FIELDS AND BOTTOMLAND ALONG THE
  RIVER. HICKMAN SPRINGS ROAD...DEFEATED CREEK ROAD...AND LEATHERWOOD ROAD WILL
  BE IMPASSABLE. DEFEATED CREEK WILL FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER FROM THE DUCK RIVER.
* AT 22.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL COVER THE FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE RIVER.
  SEVERAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER WILL BE PARTIALLY COVERED. IN CENTERVILLE...
  HICKMAN SPRINGS ROAD AND DEFEATED CREEK ROAD WILL BE AFFECTED. LEATHERWOOD
  ROAD BETWEEN SHADY GROVE AND PRIMM SPRINGS NEAR TOTTYS BEND WILL ALSO BE
  AFFECTED.
* AT 17.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW THE BANKS.

$$

ALC077-TNC099-281355-
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/IRCT1.2.ER.110427T2051Z.110428T1200Z.110429T0312Z.NO/
855 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...THE FLOOD
WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE SHOAL CREEK NEAR IRON CITY
* UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* AT 08PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...17.7 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 20.0 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
* AT 14.0 FEET...FLOODING OF BOTTOMLAND ALONG SHOAL CREEK BEGINS

$$

ALC083-TNC055-281354-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FL.W.0024.110429T0336Z-110430T0000Z/
/PSPT1.1.ER.110429T0336Z.110429T1800Z.110429T2217Z.NO/
855 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE ELK RIVER NEAR PROSPECT
* FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 08PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...21.4 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 27.0 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 26.0 FEET...WATER COMPLETELY FLOODS VETO ROAD NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON
  BRIDGE SOUTH OF ROUTE 273. IT MAY BE UNSAFE TO PASS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD SEEK
  AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
* AT 25.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD VETO ROAD NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON
  BRIDGE SOUTH OF ROUTE 273.
* AT 24.5 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO APPROACH VETO ROAD NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON
  BRIDGE.
* AT 22.0 FEET...WATER COMPLETELY INUNDATES THE TWRA BOAT LAUNCH PARKING LOT
  NEAR THE HARGROVE - JOHNSON BRIDGE ON VETO ROAD.
* AT 19.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE THE TWRA BOAT LAUNCH PARKING AREA NEAR
  THE HARGROVE-JOHNSON BRIDGE ON VETO ROAD. THE BOAT RAMP IS COMPLETELY
  SUBMERGED AT THIS LEVEL AND MAY BE UNUSABLE.
* AT 18.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE THE LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG
  THE RIVER.

$$

TNC055-281354-
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/PLKT1.1.ER.110428T0600Z.110428T1200Z.110428T2337Z.UU/
855 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE RICHLAND CREEK ABOVE PULASKI
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 08PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...20.2 FEET AND RISING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 24.5 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
* AT 22.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF VALES MILL ROAD BETWEEN CHICKEN CREEK ROAD AND THE
  HIGHWAY 64 BYPASS BECOME INUNDATED AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CLOSURE
* AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND ALONG THE RIVER BEGINS

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