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WGUS74 KMRX 182150
FFSMRX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
550 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
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COCKE TN-
550 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COCKE COUNTY...
AT 550 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE WARNED
AREA. INTERSTATE 40 IS CLOSED FOR FLOODING AT MM450 AND MM451.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROUND MOUNTAIN, HARTFORD AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.
INTERSTATE 40 IS CLOSED NEAR THE STATE LINE FROM WATER OVER THE
INTERSTATE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 445
AND 451.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3584 8293 3583 8294 3582 8294 3580 8296
3579 8296 3577 8299 3577 8300 3579 8303
3579 8308 3577 8312 3577 8316 3573 8319
3579 8324 3596 8291 3594 8290 3593 8290
3593 8292 3589 8290 3587 8292 3584 8292
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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