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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1024 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2025
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SCOTT TN-MORGAN-ROANE-LOUDON-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-
NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST
POLK-EAST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JASPER, SMOKEY JUNCTION, POWELLS
CROSSROADS, SLICK ROCK, TASSO, DUNLAP, BIG FROG MOUNTAIN,
PIKEVILLE, OLD CUMBERLAND, ATHENS, SOUTH PITTSBURG, CLEAR WATER,
SWEETWATER, LONE OAK, MOUNT CREST, ARCHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA,
MELVINE, ELGIN, KINGSTON, BRADBURY, PINE ORCHARD, FAIRVIEW,
CAGLE, ETOWAH, PARKSVILLE, RELIANCE, PETROS, PALIO, CARTWRIGHT,
BRAYTON, EVENSVILLE, MADISONVILLE, DAYTON, CONASAUGA, SPRING
CITY, BENTON, GRANDVIEW, SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, COKER CREEK, MONTEAGLE,
OLD WASHINGTON, DUCKTOWN, BULLET CREEK, DENTVILLE, EAGLE FURNACE,
OLIVER SPRINGS, BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL, LOUDON, WHITWELL, LENOIR
CITY, NORMA, ROCKWOOD, CLEVELAND, TURTLETOWN, CITICO, MARTIN
SPRINGS, HUNTSVILLE, HARRIMAN, HALETOWN (GUILD), ONEIDA, BIG
SPRING, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, AND HIGH POINT
1024 PM EDT FRI MAR 14 2025 /924 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2025/
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST, WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, BLEDSOE, BRADLEY, EAST POLK, HAMILTON, LOUDON, MARION,
MCMINN, MEIGS, MORGAN, NORTHWEST MONROE, RHEA, ROANE, SCOTT TN,
SEQUATCHIE, SOUTHEAST MONROE AND WEST POLK.
* WHEN...FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST TENNESSEE
BETWEEN SATURDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, BUT LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR. THE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES PLUS THE
POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO AFFECT AN AREA MULTIPLE TIMES,
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND SOUTHERN VALLEY, MEANS
THE RISK OF FLOODING IS HEIGHTENED.
- 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.
JLB
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