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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
358 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
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CARTER TN-SULLIVAN TN-UNICOI TN-WASHINGTON TN-
358 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR CENTRAL CARTER, SOUTH CENTRAL SULLIVAN, NORTHEASTERN UNICOI AND
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 358 PM EDT, THERE ARE SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS IN THE JOHNSON
CITY AREA WITH PHOTOS OF FLASH FLOODING. NOTABLE ROADS INCLUDE
CHEROKEE ROAD AND UNICOI DRIVE. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC 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...
JOHNSON CITY, ELIZABETHTON, JONESBOROUGH, CENTRAL, PINE CREST,
HAMPTON, MIDWAY, OAK GROVE AND UNICOI.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 26 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND
22...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 34.
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 3639 8252 3644 8233 3639 8212 3627 8197
3617 8242
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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