[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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WGUS84 KOHX 010445
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1045 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011

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

  RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES

.HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER TODAY HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE RISES ALONG
 THE RED 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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TNC125-147-011645-
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/PORT1.1.ER.110301T0600Z.110301T1200Z.110301T1600Z.NO/
1045 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE RED RIVER NEAR PORT ROYAL
* FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW UNTIL 03/01 16:00.
* AT 10PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.7 FEET.
* NONFLOOD FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 31.0 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING.
* AT 33.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL APPROACH THE PORT ROYAL STATE PARK ON HIGHWAY
  238.
* AT 30.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS WILL INUNDATE BOTTOMLAND AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG
  PORT ROYAL ROAD NEAR PORT ROYAL STATE PARK.

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