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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1126 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* AT 1126 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
MORRISTOWN, SEVIERVILLE, NEWPORT, GATLINBURG, DANDRIDGE, PIGEON
FORGE, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY, PARROTTSVILLE, PITTMAN CENTER,
FAIRGARDEN, BIRD CROSSING, CHESTNUT HILL, HARRISBURG, COSBY,
HARTFORD, BYBEE, GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, ELKMONT AND
MCMAHAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3569 8366 3571 8370 3589 8379 3596 8347
3615 8337 3613 8327 3608 8323 3613 8324
3612 8323 3587 8292 3584 8292 3577 8299
3579 8308 3577 8316 3573 8324 3566 8330
3566 8335 3557 8349 3557 8357 3557 8364
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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