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WGUS84 KMRX 050122
FLSMRX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
922 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026
TNC007-143-050315-
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BLEDSOE TN-RHEA TN-
922 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2026 /822 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2026/
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT /1015 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1115 PM EDT /1015 PM CDT/.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 922 PM EDT /822 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DAYTON, SPRING CITY, EVENSVILLE, STINGING FORK FALLS STATE PARK,
OLD WASHINGTON, PINEY FALLS STATE PARK, MELVINE AND GRANDVIEW.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3555 8511 3557 8515 3576 8509 3576 8503
3575 8503 3577 8493 3577 8492 3576 8492
3577 8491 3577 8490 3578 8488 3574 8476
3547 8493
DGS
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