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The Pigeon River at Newport rose to over three times its flood stage by 4 p.m. Sept. 27, blowing past record levels when it reached over 27 feet high. The previous record was 23 feet, 4 inches.
As the rivers spilled over their banks, Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis posted a series of dire Facebook posts calling for the immediate evacuation of downtown Newport because of a dam’s ...
The Pigeon River in Newport broke a record at 20.9 feet above its flood level, surpassing the 1904 record by 5.5 feet. The Watauga River in Elizabethton reached 5 feet above its flood level in its ...
River level probes recorded by United States National Water Prediction Service at the Pigeon River by Newport indicated that at 3:00 p.m. EST, immediately following the dam failure, water levels reached 26.17 feet, over twice as high as the highest "Major" warning level for the location at 12 feet. [65]
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
Cocke County High School, Newport, Tennessee (9 kW) American Museum of Science and Energy , Oak Ridge, Tennessee (15 kW) Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee (7 kW)
Meanwhile, confusion reigned in Newport, Tennessee, on Friday afternoon, after local officials announced that the Walters Dam — also known as the Waterville Dam — had “suffered a ...
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. [10] The population was 6,945 at the 2010 census , [ 11 ] down from 7,242 at the 2000 census. The estimated population in 2018 was 6,801. [ 12 ]