[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
623 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011

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

  DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE AFFECTING HICKMAN COUNTY

. RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE DUCK RIVER.

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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623 AM CDT THU APR 28 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 05/01 18:20...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER AT CENTERVILLE
* UNTIL 05/01 18:20.
* AT 6 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 31.5 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 32.0 FEET...ALL AREAS ALONG THE DUCK RIVER NEAR CENTERVILLE WILL BE COVERED
  BY FLOOD WATERS. DEFEATED CREEK...BEARS CREEK...SWAN CREEK...LOWES BEND...AND
  HORSE BRANCH CREEK WILL BE FLOODED DUE TO BACKWATER. MANY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER
  WILL BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.
* 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.

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