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

...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.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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

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TNC029-100400-
/O.NEW.KMRX.FL.W.0005.240509T1401Z-240510T0600Z/
/NEPT1.1.ER.240509T1401Z.240509T1800Z.240510T0316Z.NO/
914 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Pigeon River at Newport TN.

* WHEN...Until just after midnight tonight.

* 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 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 7.5 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will oscillate above flood stage with a
    maximum value of 9.0 feet this afternoon. It will fall below
    flood stage late this evening.
  - 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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