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WGUS44 KMRX 091938
FLWMRX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
238 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...
PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN AFFECTING COCKE COUNTY.
FOR THE PIGEON RIVER...INCLUDING NEWPORT TN...MODERATE 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 545 AM EST.
TNC029-101045-
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/NEPT1.2.ER.240109T1856Z.240110T0600Z.240110T1930Z.NO/
238 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 2:00 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:00 PM EST TUESDAY WAS 8.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- 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
DIEGAN
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