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WGUS74 KMRX 100205
FFSMRX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1005 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2023
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CLAIBORNE TN-LEE VA-
1005 PM EDT SAT SEP 9 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR
NORTH CENTRAL CLAIBORNE AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 1005 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER AT 1000 PM LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING. AT ABOUT 900 PM CLAIBORNE COUNTY
911 CALL CENTER HAD REPORTED FLOODING THAT WAS ONGOING IN CUMBERLAND
GAP. PARTS OF TWO ROADS IN TOWN WERE FLOODED. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
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...
HARROGATE, ARTHUR AND CUMBERLAND GAP.
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 3660 8367 3661 8365 3662 8365 3662 8363
3663 8362 3661 8361 3658 8365 3655 8366
3650 8368 3650 8372 3658 8382 3658 8369
3660 8368
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
TD
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