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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
1033 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS ...

  SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK IN CHATTANOOGA TN
  AFFECTING CATOOSA AND HAMILTON COUNTIES
  PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN AFFECTING COCKE COUNTY

HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTH
GEORGIA SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT HAS CAUSED RIVERS TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

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.

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GAC047-TNC065-100533-
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1033 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK IN CHATTANOOGA TN.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* AT 9:15 AM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.5 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 19.0 FEET...WATER ACROSS MACK SMITH ROAD BEGINS TO IMPEDE 
  TRAFFIC.  WEST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS NEAR THE 
  GEORGIA STATE LINE AND INUNDATES SEVERAL ROADS AND PROPERTIES IN 
  THE AREA.

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TNC029-100533-
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/NEPT1.1.ER.110310T0325Z.110310T1800Z.110311T0810Z.NO/
1033 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 1:00 AM TODAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 9.5 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE ON 
  HIGHWAY 25/70 AND IN THE COMMUNITY OF EDWINA. JIMTOWN ROAD MAY BE 
  AFFECTED.

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