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Duck River near Shelbyville Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 4.11 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.11 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.1 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.1 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.08 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.08 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.08 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.08 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.07 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.08 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.07 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.07 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.05 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.05 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.04 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.04 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.04 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.04 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.04 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.05 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.06 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.07 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.07 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.1 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.11 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.12 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.12 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.13 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.12 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.12 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.08 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.16 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.14 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.17 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.21 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.23 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.24 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.24 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.23 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.23 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.22 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.21 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.2 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.19 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.19 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.18 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.17 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.17 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.17 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.16 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 4.16 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.16 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.15 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.09 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.18 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.21 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.25 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.3 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.34 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.38 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.4 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.41 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.41 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.4 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.39 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.37 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.36 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.34 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.33 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.33 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.34 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.36 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.39 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.43 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.47 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.5 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.52 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.54 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.55 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.55 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.56 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.57 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.58 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.59 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 4.6 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 4.6 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 4.6 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.59 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.58 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.56 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.55 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.53 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.51 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 4.49 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.47 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.45 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.43 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.42 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.4 ft at 2:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.38 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 4.37 ft at 3:30AM May 23, 2013Highest Forecast: 5 ft 7:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 4.9 ft 1:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 4.7 ft 7:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 4.6 ft 1:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 4.6 ft 7:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 4.5 ft 1:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 4.4 ft 7:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 4.4 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 4.3 ft 7:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 4.3 ft 1:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 4.2 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 4.2 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 4.2 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 4.2 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 4.1 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 4.1 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 4.1 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSHVT1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (4:11AM May 23, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 9:14AM May 22)Latest observed value: 4.37 ft at 3:30 AM CDT 23-May-2013. Flood Stage is 25 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Duck River near Shelbyville are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:32
Moderate Flood Stage:27.5
Flood Stage:25
Action Stage:21

Historical Crests
(1) 42.00 ft on 03/29/1926
(2) 39.60 ft on 03/24/1929
(3) 38.40 ft on 02/13/1948
(4) 35.88 ft on 03/13/1973
(5) 34.84 ft on 03/22/1955
(6) 33.88 ft on 12/31/1969
(7) 33.46 ft on 05/07/2003
(8) 32.80 ft on 01/11/1948
(9) 29.94 ft on 01/24/2002
(10) 29.88 ft on 12/23/1990
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42 Flood of Record.
37 This is a major, life-threatening flood. Flooding will be extensive throughout Shelbyville. Avoid areas near the Duck River.
36 Flood waters reach Shelbyville Mills
32 Flood waters reach the West Lane Baptist Church
29 Flood waters reach several garages on US HWY 231
27.5 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.
25 Flooding occurs in low lying areas along the Duck River throughout the Shelbyville area.
Photos
(1) Sims Road Bridge, Duck River near Shelbyville
(2) Upstream View
(3) May 2003 Flood
(4) May 2003 Flood
(5) May 2003 Flood
(6) May 2003 Flood
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Latitude: 35.480278° N, Longitude: 86.499167° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 25 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 683.51 ft 708.51 ft  

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