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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1123 AM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT.
* AT 1123 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS. WHILE
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS AREN'T EXPECTED IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE,
RUNOFF CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLOODING ISSUES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTS THAT FLOODING ISSUES ARE STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST GREENE COUNTY IN THE CANEY BRANCH AREA, AND FLOODING
CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE PARROTTSVILLE AND DEL RIO AREAS IN
COCKE COUNTY. AS SUCH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
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...
NEWPORT, PARROTTSVILLE, DEL RIO, CANEY BRANCH, CEDAR CREEK, BYBEE,
ROUND MOUNTAIN AND HARTFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 431 AND
443...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 446 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.
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 3620 8313 3613 8287 3602 8272 3600 8278
3593 8281 3595 8287 3593 8292 3588 8290
3577 8300 3579 8308 3577 8312 3593 8329
3605 8324 3608 8325 3608 8323 3612 8325
3612 8322 3615 8322 3613 8318 3617 8319
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
CED
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