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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1031 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 1031 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN
KNOXVILLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY
EXPERIENCED FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN 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...
KNOXVILLE, ALCOA, FARRAGUT, LOUISVILLE, ROCKFORD, BEARDEN AND LAKE
FOREST.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE NEAR MILE MARKER 108. INTERSTATE 40 IN
TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 373 AND 393.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3594 8420 3605 8386 3589 8379 3588 8379
3587 8378 3585 8378 3585 8377 3575 8410
3576 8410 3577 8411 3583 8414
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
DGS
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