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WGUS74 KMRX 131452
FFSMRX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1052 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
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ANDERSON TN-BLOUNT TN-JEFFERSON TN-KNOX TN-LOUDON TN-ROANE TN-
SEVIER TN-
1052 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ANDERSON, NORTHWESTERN BLOUNT, WEST
CENTRAL JEFFERSON, KNOX, NORTHEASTERN LOUDON, SOUTHEASTERN ROANE AND
NORTHWESTERN SEVIER COUNTIES...
AT 1052 AM EDT, EMERGENCY 911 DISPATCH REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN KNOXVILLE. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3
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...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
KNOXVILLE, OAK RIDGE, MARYVILLE, SEVIERVILLE, LENOIR CITY, ALCOA,
JEFFERSON CITY, LOUDON, FARRAGUT, LOUISVILLE, NEW MARKET,
ROCKFORD, EAGLETON VILLAGE, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, FRIENDSVILLE,
BEARDEN, LAKE FOREST, KARNS, WILDWOOD AND SEYMOUR.
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 8445 3595 8429 3607 8389 3610 8369
3608 8367 3609 8366 3610 8367 3611 8346
3594 8361 3575 8396 3573 8448
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
JLB
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