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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
228 AM EDT WED MAY 8 2024
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CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST
COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-
WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-
LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NORTHWEST BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-
MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-
WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT VA-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NORTON, HAYESVILLE, BRADBURY, HIAWASSE
DAM, BIG FROG MOUNTAIN, MADISONVILLE, KODAK, ABINGDON, CLINTON,
BENHAMS, MAYNARDVILLE, UNAKA, WHITE PINE, HARRISBURG, LONE
MOUNTAIN, BRAYTON, ROCKWOOD, EVENSVILLE, HANSONVILLE, CITICO,
BRISTOL VA, CHESTNUT HILL, TREADWAY, JASPER, ROYAL BLUE,
ROSEDALE, WHITE OAK, MCMAHAN, RELIANCE, ELIZABETHTON, CLAIRFIELD,
STRAWBERRY PLAINS, CEDAR CREEK, GRANDVIEW, JEFFERSON CITY,
JELLICO, NEWPORT, OLD WASHINGTON, LEBANON, CAGLE, SLICK ROCK,
JOHNSON CITY, ROSE HILL, APPALACHIA, SWEETWATER, EVANSTON,
ATHENS, WHITWELL, SEYMOUR, ELKMONT, TURTLETOWN, OLD CUMBERLAND,
HILTONS, KINGSTON, MONTEAGLE, HALETOWN (GUILD), SEVIERVILLE,
FINCASTLE, PARDEE, PIKEVILLE, HIGH POINT, SHARPS CHAPEL,
KINGSPORT, HARTFORD, HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, CASTLEWOOD, MARBLE,
NEVA, PALIO, BYBEE, PAULETTE, CHATTANOOGA, MORRISTOWN, ALCOA,
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, ELGIN, HAMPTON, FAIRVIEW,
BRASSTOWN, LA FOLLETTE, OAK RIDGE, NORRIS LAKE, BULLET CREEK,
SMOKEY JUNCTION, SHOOTING CREEK, DUCKTOWN, ARTHUR, CLEVELAND,
BENTON, DYE, HONAKER, MOUNT CREST, SHADY VALLEY, HARRIMAN,
TUSQUITEE, HAPPY VALLEY, BIG SPRING, MOUNTAIN CITY, GREENEVILLE,
EAGLE FURNACE, POWELLS CROSSROADS, PETROS, SNEEDVILLE,
SPRINGDALE, KYLES FORD, ANDREWS, DANDRIDGE, WISE, COEBURN,
LOUDON, HUNTSVILLE, ELK VALLEY, DOEVILLE, LENOIR CITY, ONEIDA,
VIOLET, BIG STONE GAP, SPRING CITY, UNICOI, MARYVILLE, HOWARD
QUARTER, LAUREL BLOOMERY, KNOXVILLE, CARYVILLE, SANDLICK,
LIMESTONE COVE, CADES COVE, CLEAR WATER, ETOWAH, BRISTOL TN,
OLIVER SPRINGS, NORMA, MOORESBURG, LONE OAK, TASSO, CONASAUGA,
TOPTON, LAKE FOREST, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, DAYTON, BEAN STATION,
CARTWRIGHT, COKER CREEK, BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL, PINE ORCHARD,
PARKSVILLE, DUNLAP, MELVINE, ERWIN, PIGEON FORGE, ALPHA,
DENTVILLE, ARCHVILLE, MARTIN SPRINGS, TRADE, RUSSELLVILLE,
BEARDEN, GATLINBURG, LUTTRELL, MURPHY, AND SOUTH PITTSBURG
228 AM EDT WED MAY 8 2024 /128 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2024/
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, CHEROKEE AND CLAY, EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, ANDERSON, BLEDSOE, BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS,
BRADLEY, CAMPBELL, CLAIBORNE, COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS, EAST POLK,
GRAINGER, HAMBLEN, HAMILTON, HANCOCK, HAWKINS, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON,
KNOX, LOUDON, MARION, MCMINN, MEIGS, MORGAN, NORTH SEVIER,
NORTHWEST BLOUNT, NORTHWEST CARTER, NORTHWEST COCKE, NORTHWEST
GREENE, NORTHWEST MONROE, RHEA, ROANE, SCOTT TN, SEQUATCHIE,
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST CARTER, SOUTHEAST GREENE,
SOUTHEAST MONROE, SULLIVAN, UNICOI, UNION, WASHINGTON TN AND WEST
POLK, AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, LEE,
RUSSELL, SCOTT VA, WASHINGTON VA AND WISE.
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BW
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