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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
134 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
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BLOUNT TN-COCKE TN-SEVIER TN-
134 PM EST TUE JAN 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BLOUNT, COCKE AND SEVIER.
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 134 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GATLINBURG, PITTMAN CENTER, TOWNSEND, ELKMONT, GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK AND ROUNDTOP MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3554 8380 3565 8379 3571 8364 3578 8334
3575 8319 3574 8318 3573 8324 3572 8326
3570 8325 3566 8330 3566 8335 3562 8340
3561 8345 3556 8350 3556 8359 3558 8361
3557 8364 3556 8377
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