Headline:
Flood Warning issued September 27 at 12:30PM EDT until September 28 at 2:29AM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
Event:
Flood Warning
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 9:30am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 11:30pm
Description:
...Forecast flooding changed from Moderate to Major severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Tennessee...
Doe River At Elizabethton affecting Carter County.
For the Doe River...including Elizabethton...Major flooding is
forecast.
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is
forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
* WHERE...Doe River at Elizabethton.
* WHEN...Until just after midnight tonight.
* IMPACTS...At 10.5 feet, Water may reach floors of some homes on
the east side of the river, from South Main Street across from the
gage house, downstream to Third Street at the covered bridge.
Water also reaches the bottom of the side walls of the covered
bridge. The river reaches the bottoms of the Rod Jenkins Bridge
and the Long Hollow Road bridge. Some homes along River Road and
Edgewater Road may begin to take water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 12:15 PM EDT Friday the stage was 9.1 feet.
- Bankfull is 8.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 12:15 PM EDT Friday was 9.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.5
feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage this
evening.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued late tonight at 230 AM EDT.
Area Description:
Carter, TN
Forcast Office:
NWS Morristown TN