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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1050 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011

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HOUSTON TN-MONTGOMERY TN-STEWART TN-BENTON TN-HUMPHREYS TN-
1050 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  HOUSTON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIN...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...
  STEWART COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1040 AM CDT THE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO
  INCLUDE SOUTHERN BENTON AND SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTIES.

AT 1030 AM TUESDAY...THE CUMBERLAND RIVER LEVEL AT DOVER WAS AT
372.4 FEET AND RISING...WITH RIVER LEVELS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR
373.0 FEET WEDNESDAY. THE CUMBERLAND RIVER MAY CONTINUE TO RISE TO
NEAR 375.0 TO 376.0 FEET THIS WEEK...AS RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINFALL
FLOWS INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT DOVER
CRESTED AT 374.0 FEET DURING THE MAY FLOOD LAST YEAR.

AT CLARKSVILLE...THE RIVER LEVEL WAS AT 44.0 FEET (374.0 FEET MSL)
AND RISING. ADDITIONAL RISES TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE ARE POSSIBLE. FLOOD
STAGE AT CLARKSVILLE IS 46.0 FEET. THESE HIGH RIVER LEVELS WILL
CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
DOWNSTREAM OF CLARKSVILLE...IN STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.

ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED
IN BENTON...HUMPHREYS...HOUSTON...AND STEWART COUNTIES ALONG THE
RIVER AND ON THE TRIBUTARIES. AT 1030AM THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN THE
NEW JOHNSONVILLE AREA WAS NEAR 372.5 FEET AND RISING. THE RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY RISING TO NEAR 373.0 FEET WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE
SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3667 8787 3665 8785 3665 8731 3653 8715
      3634 8736 3634 8758 3585 8774 3585 8817
      3613 8818 3624 8808 3637 8809 3637 8800
      3643 8805 3668 8807

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LAROSA



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