[BNAWX] Flood Statement

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FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
806 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

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

  TENNESSEE RIVER AT CLIFTON AFFECTING DECATUR...HARDIN...PERRY AND WAYNE
  COUNTIES

. AT 7 PM CDT...THE RIVER WAS AT 374 FEET...OR 4 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 370 FEET. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THIS WEEK. BARRING ANY HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM...THE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN A SLOW FALL LATE TUESDAY.

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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806 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT CLIFTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 370.0 FEET.
* AT 376.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER REACHES THE GROUND FLOOR OF HOMES IN
  THE RUSS FARM AREA. IN THE MARTINS LANDING SUBDIVISION...WATER INUNDATES THE
  BOAT LAUNCH AND LANDING AREA AND MAY INUNDATE THE GROUND FLOOR OF HOMES IN THE
  AREA. ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED DUE TO FLOODED ROADS.
* AT 375.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER FLOODS THE BOAT LAUNCH AND LOW LYING
  PORTIONS OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE FOREST CROSSING SUBDIVISION AREA AT THE OLD
  HIGHWAY 114 FERRY CROSSING TO CLIFTON. IN HARDIN COUNTY...ACCESS TO PROPERTY
  IN THE COBB FARM AREA ALONG SENATOR COBB ROAD AND COLONEL JAMES HARDIN DRIVE
  IN THE NANCE BEND AREA MAY BE RESTRICTED DUE TO FLOODED ROADS.
* AT 374.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...CLIFTON PARK AT TVA SLOUGH BEGINS TO
  FLOOD...AND THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD IS COMPLETELY
  FLOODED. IN PERRY COUNTY...ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA ARE UNDER WATER
  AND ACCESS MAY BE RESTRICTED. IN HARDIN COUNTY...ACCESS ROADS AND CAMPSITES IN
  THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE BEND ARE FLOODED.
* AT 373.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES THE HELI-PAD IN THE RIVERS
  EDGE LANDING SUBDIVISION.
* AT 370.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...THE BOAT LAUNCH AND PARKING LOT AREAS OF
  RIVERSTONE MARINA ARE FLOODED. IN WAYNE COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD
  PORTIONS OF BEECHVIEW DRIVE AND THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD.
  IN PERRY COUNTY...ACCESS ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA INCLUDING PETERS
  LANDING ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD. IN HARDIN COUNTY...IN THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE
  BEND LOW LYING PORTIONS OF SENATOR COBB ROAD AND COLONEL JAMES HARDIN DRIVE
  BEGIN TO FLOOD AND ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED.
* AT 369.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES SCENIC LANE IN THE RUSS
  FARM AREA...CUTTING OFF ALL ACCESS TO RIVERFRONT HOMES IN THE AREA.
* AT 368.0 FEET...IN PERRY COUNTY...WATER REACHES THE LOW LYING PORTIONS OF
  ACCESS ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA.
* AT 367.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES THE BOAT LAUNCH AREAS AND
  PORTIONS OF ACCESS ROADS IN THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD.
* AT 366.0 FEET...IN HARDIN COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL
  AREAS AND ACCESS ROADS IN THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE BEND...INCLUDING SENATOR
  COBB ROAD AND COLONEL HARDIN ROAD.
* AT 365.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE RIVERSTONE MARINA
  BECOME INUNDATED.
* AT 364.5 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE PORTIONS OF
  SCENIC LANE IN THE RUSS FARM AREA AND ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED TO SOME HOUSES
  ALONG THE RIVER.
* AT 364.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...IN THE BEECH CREEK AREA WATER BEGINS TO
  INUNDATE LOW LYING AREAS ON THE NORTH END OF BEECHVIEW DRIVE AND THE BEECH
  LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD. IN HARDIN COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO
  INUNDATE THE LOW LYING AREAS OF COBB FARM IN NANCE BEND.

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