[BNAWX] Flood Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
902 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2013

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

  DUCK RIVER NEAR SHELBYVILLE AFFECTING BEDFORD AND MARSHALL COUNTIES

. VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED THE DUCK RIVER TO RISE. IT WILL REACH
FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.

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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902 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE DUCK RIVER NEAR SHELBYVILLE
* FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 08PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...16.2 FEET
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 25.0 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  TOMORROW MORNING.
* AT 27.5 FEET...FLOOD WATERS REACH SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND MT. ZION BAPTEST
  CHURCH. FLOODING WILL BE EXTENSIVE THROUGHTOUT SHELBYVILLE AS BACKWATER FROM
  THE DUCK RIVER PUSHES SMALLER STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS IS A
  LIFE-THREATENING FLOOD. AVOID AREAS NEAR THE DUCK RIVER.
* AT 25.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE DUCK RIVER
  THROUGHOUT THE SHELBYVILLE AREA.

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