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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
301 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN GEORGIA...TENNESSEE...
TOCCOA/OCOEE RIVER ABOVE COPPERHILL TN AFFECTING POLK AND FANNIN
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 315 PM EDT.
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301 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...TOCCOA/OCOEE RIVER ABOVE COPPERHILL TN.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 2:30 AM EDT SUNDAY WAS 8.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.8
FEET ON 12/02/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3505 8451 3509 8445 3491 8424 3487 8430
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