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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1136 AM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR TOWNS AND CITIES IMMEDIATELY BELOW
NOLICHUCKY DAM ON THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER...

The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Break on the Nolichucky River below Nolichucky Dam in...
  North Central Cocke County in east Tennessee...
  Southwestern Greene County in east Tennessee...
  Southeastern Hamblen County in east Tennessee...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 1136 AM EDT, dam operators reported excessive water flow over
  the Nolichucky Dam. The risk of a dam failure remains imminent,
  which would cause flash flooding downstream on the Nolichucky
  River.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for towns and cities immediately
  below Nolichucky Dam on the Nolichucky River. This is a
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from the imminent
           breach may occur downstream of Nolichucky Dam.

  SOURCE...Dam operator.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas
           downstream from the Nolichucky Dam along the
           Nolichucky River.

* The nearest downstream town is rural areas in southwest Greene
  County, located downstream from the dam. If a complete failure of
  the dam occurs...The initial flood wave will reach the West Allens
  Bridge Road bridge in 20 minutes; The Highway 321 bridge in 30
  minutes; The Bewleys Chapel Road bridge in 2 hours; The Briar
  Thicket Road bridge in 3 hours; The Highway 160 bridge in 4 hours;
  Douglas Lake in 6 hours.

Crests will occur at each location later than the initial arrival
time of the flood wave.

Flooding is occurring along the Nolichucky River.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you are in low lying areas below the Nolichucky Dam you should
move to higher ground immediately. This is an extremely dangerous
and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you
are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 8324 3613 8325 3620 8318 3618 8316
      3612 8305 3609 8285 3602 8285 3604 8299
      3605 8302 3611 8316 3610 8323

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
DAM FAILURE...IMMINENT

$$

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