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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
730 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022

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

  French Broad River Near Newport TN affecting Cocke and Jefferson
  Counties.

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 this evening at 1030 PM EDT.

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/NWPT1.1.ER.220527T1453Z.220528T0000Z.220528T2000Z.NO/
730 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022

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

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...French Broad River near Newport TN.

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

* IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, Agricultural land near the gage on Highway
  321 is flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:45 AM EDT Friday the stage was 8.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this morning to a crest of 12.5 feet this evening. It
    will then fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    24.0 feet on 03/01/1967.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3607 8328 3611 8324 3596 8307 3595 8290
      3589 8296 3592 8312


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Diegan