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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
121 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
TNC019-091-163-171-179-VAC169-191-520-132000-
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CARTER TN-JOHNSON TN-SULLIVAN TN-UNICOI TN-WASHINGTON TN-SCOTT VA-
WASHINGTON VA-CITY OF BRISTOL VA-
121 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CARTER, JOHNSON, SULLIVAN, UNICOI AND WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND
INDEPENDENT CITY, CITY OF BRISTOL, SCOTT AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 121 PM EDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
IN REPORTS OF RISING WATER NEAR HOMES HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR
BLUFF CITY. DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JOHNSON CITY, KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA,
ELIZABETHTON, MOUNTAIN CITY, JONESBOROUGH, WEBER CITY, WALNUT
HILL, HAMPTON, CENTRAL, PINE CREST, OAK GROVE, SPURGEON,
MIDWAY, GRAY, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, UNICOI, BLUFF CITY AND
DAMASCUS.
- 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 3658 8261 3658 8260 3660 8261 3671 8212
3661 8165 3659 8168 3655 8169 3654 8171
3647 8170 3646 8172 3642 8172 3641 8174
3638 8173 3635 8178 3636 8179 3634 8186
3630 8191 3615 8202 3620 8226 3622 8263
JLB
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