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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
247 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...TENNESSEE...
TOCCOA/OCOEE RIVER ABOVE COPPERHILL TN AFFECTING POLK AND FANNIN
COUNTIES.
FOR THE OCOEE RIVER...INCLUDING COPPERHILL TN, OCOEE DAM #1
PARKSVILLE...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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 600 AM EST.
GAC111-TNC139-101100-
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/CPHT1.1.ER.240109T2206Z.240110T0000Z.240110T0417Z.NO/
247 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TOCCOA/OCOEE RIVER ABOVE COPPERHILL TN.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, BANKFULL CONDITIONS ARE REACHED ALONG THE
RIVER UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE OFF OF TENNESSEE
HIGHWAY 68 OR OCOEE STREET IN WEST COPPERHILL TENNESSEE. THIS
INCLUDES LOW LYING PORTIONS OF THE HORSEBEND PARK IN MCCAYSVILLE
GEORGIA.
AT 8.0 FEET, FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS OF
WOODLANDS, FIELDS AND BACKYARDS OF HOMES NEAR THE RIVER UPSTREAM
AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE OFF TENNESSEE HIGHWAY 68 OR OCOEE
STREET IN COPPERHILL TENNESSEE. THE ROCK ACCESS ROAD TO THE GAGE
WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING BEGINS IN THE BACKYARDS OF HOMES AND
THE HORSEBEND PARK IN MCCAYSVILLE GEORGIA.
AT 10.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING EXPANDS INTO WOODLANDS, FIELDS, AND
BACKYARDS OF HOMES NEAR THE RIVER. THE ROCK ACCESS ROAD TO THE
GAGE WILL BE UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER. PORTIONS OF PARKING LOTS
NEAR THE RIVER WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD BEHIND THE COPPERHILL TENNESSEE
POST OFFICE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG OCOEE STREET. ALSO FLOODING
EXPANDS INTO THE BACKYARDS OF HOMES AND THE HORSEBEND PARK IN
MCCAYSVILLE GEORGIA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 8.5 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3505 8451 3509 8445 3491 8424 3487 8430
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