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FLWMRX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
758 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR 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...MAJOR 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.
TNC029-101600-
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/NEPT1.3.ER.240109T1856Z.240110T0600Z.240110T2037Z.NO/
758 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE 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.
AT 14.0 FEET, FLOODING OCCURS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RIVER STREET IN
NEWPORT. THE RIVER WALK BEHIND MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN NEWPORT
BEGINS TO TAKE WATER IN PLACES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM EST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 PM EST TUESDAY WAS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.0
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE 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
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