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FLWMRX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
810 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE 
PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT AFFECTING COCKE COUNTY...

ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE 
PIGEON RIVER TO RISE.


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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810 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...

FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.

* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 7 AM THIS MORNING...THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.0 FEET BY EARLY 
  THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IS THEN EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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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