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WGUS44 KMRX 072005
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN, TN
305 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

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

  PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN AFFECTING COCKE COUNTY

DUE TO RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES DURING THE PAST COUPLE
OF DAYS...SIGNIFICANT RISES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG THE PIGEON RIVER AND
ITS TRIBUTARIES.

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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305 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN, TN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PIGEON RIVER AT NEWPORT TN.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 02:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON 
  AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE DURING THURSDAY MORNING.
* 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.

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