297  
WGUS84 KMEG 170520  
FLSMEG  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1120 PM CST MON DEC 16 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
TENNESSEE...  
 
NORTH FORK OBION RIVER NEAR MARTIN  
 
FOR THE OBION RIVER...INCLUDING MARTIN, OBION, BOGOTA...MINOR  
FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/MEMPHIS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.  
 

 
 
TNC131-183-171800-  
/O.EXT.KMEG.FL.W.0038.000000T0000Z-241217T1800Z/  
/NOMT1.1.ER.241217T1200Z.241217T1200Z.241217T1200Z.NO/  
1120 PM CST MON DEC 16 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NORTH FORK OBION RIVER NEAR MARTIN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTH FORK  
OBION RIVER IN NORTHEAST OBION COUNTY AND NORTHWEST WEAKLEY  
COUNTY. FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING IN LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR UNION  
CITY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:00 PM CST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.0  
FEET TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3649 8909 3649 8872 3633 8872 3633 8909  
 

 
 
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