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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
927 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

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

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

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at midnight CDT.

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827 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sequatchie River near Whitwell TN.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to early Saturday morning.

* 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 7:15 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 10.2 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this afternoon to a crest of 15.5 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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