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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
813 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.
* AT 813 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, SWEETWATER, MADISONVILLE, ENGLEWOOD, VONORE, NIOTA,
TARIFFVILLE, MCGEE CARSON PENINSULA, FORT LOUDON STATE PARK,
CITICO BEACH, TALASSEE AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3558 8376 3555 8379 3552 8383 3552 8388
3548 8391 3546 8395 3546 8396 3544 8398
3542 8460 3552 8460 3554 8461 3558 8444
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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