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WGUS74 KMRX 131450
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1050 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
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CARTER TN-JOHNSON TN-SULLIVAN TN-SCOTT VA-WASHINGTON VA-CITY OF
BRISTOL VA-
1050 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN CARTER, JOHNSON, SULLIVAN, SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF BRISTOL...
AT 1050 AM EDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND RADAR REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR BLUFF CITY. BETWEEN 2 AND
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5
TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
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...
KINGSPORT, BRISTOL TN, BRISTOL VA, ELIZABETHTON, MOUNTAIN CITY,
WALNUT HILL, BLUFF CITY, DAMASCUS, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, SADIE, HARR,
SHADY VALLEY, DOEVILLE, HUNTER, HILANDER PARK, MORRIL'S CAVE,
NEVA, ELK MILLS, BENHAMS AND BLOUNTVILLE.
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 3671 8212 3661 8165 3659 8168 3657 8168
3657 8169 3655 8169 3654 8171 3647 8170
3646 8172 3642 8172 3641 8174 3638 8173
3635 8178 3636 8179 3634 8186 3632 8188
3630 8191 3615 8202 3626 8211 3660 8250
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
JLB
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