033  
WGUS84 KMRX 140151  
FLSMRX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
851 PM EST THU FEB 13 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
TENNESSEE...  
 
PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN AFFECTING COCKE COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE PIGEON 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.  
 
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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EST.  
 
 
 
TNC029-141700-  
/O.CON.KMRX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250214T1836Z/  
/NEPT1.2.ER.250213T0327Z.250213T1400Z.250214T1236Z.NO/  
851 PM EST THU FEB 13 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* 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.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 PM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 8:00 PM EST THURSDAY WAS 12.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.6 FEET TUESDAY  
EVENING.  
- 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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