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WGUS44 KMRX 082114  
FLWMRX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
514 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
TNC007-143-090015-  
/O.NEW.KMRX.FA.W.0018.250508T2114Z-250509T0015Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BLEDSOE TN-RHEA TN-  
514 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025 /414 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2025/  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT /715 PM CDT/ THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, BLEDSOE AND RHEA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 PM EDT /715 PM CDT/.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 513 PM EDT /413 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY  
RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS, WITH ESTIMATED RAINFALL BETWEEN  
2.5 TO 3.0 INCHES HAVING FALLEN OVER THE LAST HOUR OR TWO.  
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE  
WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
SPRING CITY, MELVINE, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK, PINEY  
FALLS STATE PARK AND GRANDVIEW.  
- 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 3566 8519 3569 8530 3572 8527 3575 8527  
3575 8526 3576 8527 3577 8525 3577 8511  
3576 8507 3577 8504 3575 8503 3577 8493  
3576 8492 3577 8491 3579 8486 3577 8478  
3571 8482 3566 8502  
 
 
 
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