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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
824 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
TENNESSEE...
POWELL RIVER NEAR ARTHUR TN AFFECTING UNION AND CLAIBORNE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE POWELL RIVER...INCLUDING JONESVILLE VA, ARTHUR TN...MAJOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1130 PM EST.
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/ARTT1.3.ER.250216T0157Z.250218T0000Z.250219T2224Z.NO/
824 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...POWELL RIVER NEAR ARTHUR TN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, WATER COVERS ROADS ALONG BOTH BANKS OF THE
RIVER.
AT 25.0 FEET, PARKING LOT OF RESTAURANT ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM
FROM THE GAGE FLOODS. FLOODING ALSO OF RECREATION RENTAL
STRUCTURES NEARBY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 AM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:00 AM EST MONDAY WAS 25.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 26.5
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3658 8344 3651 8337 3649 8360 3637 8382
3643 8388 3657 8365
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