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WGUS44 KMRX 131721  
FLWMRX  
  
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-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.FA.W.0019.250813T1721Z-250813T2000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
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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