000 WGUS44 KMRX 070159 FLWMRX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN 859 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS ... CLINCH RIVER ABOVE TAZEWELL TN AFFECTING CLAIBORNE...GRAINGER AND HANCOCK COUNTIES THE CLINCH RIVER ABOVE TAZEWELL TENNESSEE IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE MONDAY AT 6 PM EST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST DEATHS IN FLOODS OCCUR IN CARS. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD, TURN AROUND! DON'T DROWN! FOR MORE DETAILS, STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO THAT CARRY WEATHER INFORMATION. && TNC025-057-067-071559- /O.NEW.KMRX.FL.W.0007.110308T0000Z-110309T0000Z/ /TAZT1.1.ER.110308T0000Z.110308T1200Z.110308T1800Z.NO/ 859 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CLINCH RIVER ABOVE TAZEWELL TN. * FROM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 07:30 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.5 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 12.0 FEET...FLOODING OF PASTURE LAND NEAR GRISSOM ISLAND BEGINS. THE CITY OF TAZEWELL, TENNESSEE IS NOT AFFECTED BY FLOODING OF THE CLINCH RIVER. $$