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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1005 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

...The National Weather Service in Morristown TN has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Tennessee...

  Pigeon River At Newport TN affecting Cocke County.

.Recent heavy rains Saturday afternoon and evening across the
southern Appalachians will likely produce minor flooding of the
Pigeon River near Newport Tennessee.

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.

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 Sunday morning.Sunday morning at
1015 AM EDT.

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TNC029-031415-
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/NEPT1.1.ER.250803T0124Z.250803T0600Z.250803T0813Z.NO/
1005 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pigeon River at Newport TN.

* WHEN...From this evening to late tomorrow morning.

* 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 9:00 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 7.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 9.0
    feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
    flood stage late tonight.
  - Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3578 8309 3577 8318 3591 8322 3603 8321
      3597 8316 3586 8315


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DH