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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1014 AM EDT Wed May 20 2020

...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.

  Pigeon River At Newport TN affecting Cocke County.

For the French Broad River...including Newport TN, DOUGLAS DAM...
Minor flooding is forecast.
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 this evening at 1015 PM EDT.

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1014 AM EDT Wed May 20 2020

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Pigeon River At Newport TN.
* From late tonight to Thursday afternoon.
* At 9:00 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 4.3 feet.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just
  after midnight tonight to a crest of 9.0 feet tomorrow morning. It
  will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow morning.
* Impact...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.
* Flood History...No available flood history.


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LAT...LON 3578 8309 3577 8318 3591 8322 3603 8321
      3597 8316 3586 8315

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1014 AM EDT Wed May 20 2020

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the French Broad River Near Newport TN.
* From Thursday afternoon to Friday morning.
* At 9:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 4.4 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
  tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 10.5 feet tomorrow evening. It
  will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning.
* Impact...At 10.0 feet, Agricultural land near the gage on Highway
  321 is flooded.
* Flood History...No available flood history.


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

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