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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
800 AM EST Wed Feb 12 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.

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 this evening at 1100 PM EST.

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TNC029-130400-
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/NEPT1.1.ER.250213T1007Z.250213T1200Z.250213T1700Z.NO/
800 AM EST Wed Feb 12 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TOMORROW EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pigeon River at Newport TN.

* WHEN...From late tonight to tomorrow evening.

* 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 7:00 AM EST Wednesday the stage was 6.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tonight to a crest of 8.5 feet tomorrow morning. It will
    then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon.
  - 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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