By Oct. 2, the only National Weather Service flood warning in East Tennessee was for areas of Sevier and Knox counties below Douglas Dam. Douglas Lake rose nearly 22 feet in three days between Sept.

Just a week before Hurricane Helene brought flooding to East Tennessee on Sept. 27, TVA invested $2.2 million into updating its River Forecast Center at its complex in downtown Knoxville. From the ...

For much of that time, Douglas Dam has been releasing water in an attempt ... By sending water downstream, the TVA could prevent water from reaching flood levels in its reservoirs.

Dams downstream of these communities stored water and slowed its flow but could not prevent all flooding. Douglas Dam spilled up to 475,000 gallons per second through its gates to control the ...

Flooding caused the Nolichucky Dam near Greeneville ... Shortly after the Nolichucky and Pigeon rivers flow into the French ...

Update 9/28 at 11:50 a.m. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning in Knox and Sevier counties until 8:00 p.m. EDT along the French Broad River from Douglas Dam to a merge with the ...

A record amount of water is rushing through the power turbines and spillways of Douglas Dam. Normally at this time of year, the dam would be drawn down to get ready for the wet winter season ...

(WATE) – The Nolichucky Dam has remained intact, and the river feeding it has begun to recede. A new Flood Warning has been issued for downstream of Douglas Dam. The Tennessee Valley Authority ...