000 WGUS44 KMRX 280459 FLWMRX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN 1259 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS ... SEQUATCHIE RIVER NEAR WHITWELL TN AFFECTING BLEDSOE...MARION AND SEQUATCHIE COUNTIES HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY WILL CAUSE THE SEQUATCHIE RIVER TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY. 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. && TNC007-115-153-281859- /O.NEW.KMRX.FL.W.0018.110429T0600Z-110429T1800Z/ /WHTT1.1.ER.110429T0600Z.110429T0600Z.110429T1200Z.NO/ 1159 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SEQUATCHIE RIVER NEAR WHITWELL TN. * FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 11:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THEN FALL BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 14.0 FEET...FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS. $$