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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1207 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
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CHEROKEE NC-CLAY NC-BLOUNT TN-MONROE TN-POLK TN-
1207 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CHEROKEE AND CLAY AND EAST TENNESSEE,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BLOUNT, MONROE AND POLK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. IT
WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO
DRAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1205 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN AND STREAM FLOODING. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANDREWS, MURPHY, DUCKTOWN, HAYESVILLE, TELLICO PLAINS, UNAKA,
HIAWASSE DAM, VIOLET, MARBLE, CITICO, COKER CREEK, CULBERSON,
TARIFFVILLE, HOT HOUSE, BRASSTOWN, CITICO BEACH, TURTLETOWN,
TALASSEE, TUSQUITEE AND MCGEE CARSON PENINSULA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3499 8457 3525 8440 3557 8423 3568 8379
3554 8380 3552 8388 3541 8402 3537 8401
3535 8404 3531 8404 3523 8400 3522 8397
3526 8384 3526 8371 3523 8369 3520 8373
3516 8374 3516 8366 3500 8352 3499 8348
GC
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