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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1043 AM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

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

  Sequatchie River Near Whitwell TN affecting Sequatchie, Bledsoe
  and Marion Counties.

For the Sequatchie River...including Whitwell 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 late tonight at 100 AM CDT.

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943 AM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sequatchie River near Whitwell TN.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Flooding of agricultural land occurs.
  Portions of Mt. Calvary Road along the river may begin to flood.
  At 16.0 feet, Flooding of agricultural land becomes more
  extensive. Water reaches the bottom of the river gage house.
  Portions of Mt. Calvary Road along the river are inundated.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 2.3 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early Sunday afternoon to a crest of 14.5 feet Sunday
    evening. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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