River Flood Warning 21, NWS Nashville, TN

Issued

May 9, 2009, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)

In effect from

May 9, 2009, 11:05 PM CDT

Expired

May 10, 2009, 9:22 AM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Nashville, TN

Flood severity

Minor

County Montgomery County, TN

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Clarksville (CKVT1).

Action stage

40 ft

Minor stage

46 ft

Moderate stage

50 ft

Major stage

55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03436500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS44 KOHX 100214
FLWOHX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 
914 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2009

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

  CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CLARKSVILLE AFFECTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST WEEK...AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...
HAVE CAUSED THE CUMBERLAND RIVER NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE. THE
RIVER IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR A SHORT DURATION AND THEN
SUBSIDE DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.

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 DONT DROWN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

TNC125-101414-
/O.NEW.KOHX.FL.W.0021.090510T0405Z-090510T1800Z/
/CKVT1.1.ER.090510T0405Z.090510T0600Z.090510T1200Z.NO/
914 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE, TN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CLARKSVILLE
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 08PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...45.7 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 46.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 
  46.2 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 46.0 FEET...THE LEFT BANK OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER OVERFLOWS AND MINOR 
  FLOODING BEGINS IN CLARKSVILLE.
* AT 40.0 FEET...WATER LEVELS APPROACH LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BANKS.

$$
MTP

000 
WGUS84 KOHX 101422
FLSOHX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
922 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...
 
  CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CLARKSVILLE AFFECTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
. WITH NO NEW RAIN FORCAST THE RIVER HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THIS WILL BE 
 THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS FLOOD EVENT.


&&

TNC125-101452-
/O.CAN.KOHX.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090510T1800Z/
/CKVT1.1.ER.090510T1104Z.090510T1130Z.090510T1238Z.NO/
922 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AT CLARKSVILLE.
* AT 08AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 45.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 46.0 FEET. 
* AT 46.0 FEET...THE LEFT BANK OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER OVERFLOWS AND MINOR 
  FLOODING BEGINS IN CLARKSVILLE.
* AT 40.0 FEET...WATER LEVELS APPROACH LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BANKS.

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.