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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
756 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TENNESSEE...
FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR NEWPORT TN AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND COCKE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE FRENCH BROAD 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM EST.
TNC029-089-101600-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FL.W.0004.240110T0332Z-240111T0945Z/
/NWPT1.1.ER.240110T0332Z.240110T0600Z.240111T0345Z.NO/
756 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR NEWPORT TN.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE GAGE ON HIGHWAY
321 IS FLOODED. WATER BEGINS ENTERING A CAMPGROUND ALONG HWY
25/70E.
AT 14.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS ON ROCK HILL ROAD NEAR NEWPORT AND
FUGATE ROAD NEAR DEL RIO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 12.0 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3607 8328 3611 8324 3596 8307 3595 8290
3589 8296 3592 8312
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