Flood Warning 09/27/2024 08:48 for Tennessee areas

...Forecast flooding changed from Moderate to Major severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Tennessee... Nolichucky River At Embreeville TN affecting Washington, Unicoi and Greene Counties. For the Nolichucky River...including Embreeville TN...Major flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record. * WHERE...Nolichucky River at Embreeville TN. * WHEN...Until early tomorrow afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Water might threaten the lowest of a row of riverside homes along Bumpus Cove Road a half mile upstream from the bridge. Flows this high contain increasing uncertainty as to how the gauge readings downstream near the bridge are reflective of stream heights and impacts along Bumpus Cove Road. At 21.5 feet, A Bumpus Cove Road resident reported that the 1977 flood was said to have gotten into the house she lives in, which sits on a concrete slab, while it did not get into the house next door, which sits two feet higher atop a crawl space. This is a source of uncertainty of impacts at this location and its relation to gauge measurements downstream near the bridge and any effects of damming the bridge may cause near the gauge. At 24.0 feet, Flood of record. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:15 AM EDT Friday the stage was 19.6 feet. - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 11:15 AM EDT Friday was 19.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 22.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. - Flood stage is 12.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood