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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1013 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...
PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN AFFECTING COCKE COUNTY.
FOR THE PIGEON RIVER...INCLUDING NEWPORT TN...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 WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 115 AM EST.
TNC029-100615-
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/NEPT1.1.ER.240110T0308Z.240110T0600Z.240110T1240Z.NO/
1013 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS DOWNSTREAM FROM GAGE
ON HIGHWAY 25/70 AND IN THE COMMUNITY OF EDWINA. JIMTOWN ROAD MAY
BE AFFECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 9.0 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3578 8309 3577 8318 3591 8322 3603 8321
3597 8316 3586 8315
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