TVA said after 4 p.m. the Nolichucky Dam "is stable and secure." Safety experts did a thorough review, TVA said, and water levels continue to fall. "We are notifying local emergency management agencies that we are transitioning to an advanced monitoring mode of the dam and exiting the emergency condition," the TVA wrote on X.

A mandatory evacuation has been issued for all residents in South Hamblen County along the Nolichucky River due to the "imminent failure of the Nolichucky Dam" in Greene County according to the Morristown-Hamblen Emergency Medical Service.

The Tennessee Valley Authority said late Friday night that a Condition Red Warning had been activated for an imminent breach at Nolichucky Dam in Greene County. “The breach could occur at any time due to extreme rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene which is causing record river levels around the region,