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WGUS44 KMRX 091636
FLWMRX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1136 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
TNC155-091930-
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SEVIER TN-
1136 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...ALONG THE LITTLE PIGEON RIVER THROUGH PIGEON FORGE AND
SEVIERVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 230 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1131 AM EST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE LITTLE
PIGEON RIVER IS ALMOST OUT OF ITS BANKS IN PIGEON FORGE.
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SEVIERVILLE, GATLINBURG AND PIGEON FORGE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3573 8353 3575 8353 3578 8355 3580 8358
3581 8359 3582 8361 3584 8358 3586 8358
3593 8361 3594 8357 3586 8356 3583 8355
3582 8357 3580 8356 3578 8353 3575 8350
3573 8350
SR
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