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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1114 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...TENNESSEE...
POWELL RIVER NEAR JONESVILLE VA AFFECTING HANCOCK AND LEE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE POWELL RIVER...INCLUDING JONESVILLE VA, ARTHUR TN...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES, DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE OVER HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EDT.
TNC067-VAC105-200400-
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/JNSV2.1.ER.260619T1524Z.260619T1800Z.260619T2145Z.NO/
1114 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POWELL RIVER NEAR JONESVILLE VA.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, THE RIVER INVADES SEVERAL FIELDS AND
REACHES A FEW FARM BUILDINGS.
AT 21.0 FEET, LOW LYING SECTIONS OF COONEY HOLLOW ROAD AND ROUTE
783 ARE AFFECTED AND SOME PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS ARE FLOODED. THE
DRIVEWAY TO A DWELLING JUST UPSTREAM FROM HURRICANE BRIDGE ROAD
BRIDGE ON THE LEFT BANK BEGINS TO FLOOD. THE GRAVEL PARKING AREA
FOR THE POTEET FERRY PUBLIC ACCESS BENEATH THE HWY 58 BRIDGE
BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 20.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3653 8339 3658 8344 3671 8310 3686 8285
3680 8282 3666 8302
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