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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
238 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
TNZ012>018-036>047-069>074-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-121900-
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SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-
ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-
NORTHWEST CARTER-SOUTHEAST CARTER-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NORTHWEST BLOUNT-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-LEE-
WISE-SCOTT VA-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DANDRIDGE, PIGEON FORGE, KINGSPORT,
KNOXVILLE, ROSE HILL, ONEIDA, CASTLEWOOD, WISE, HARTFORD, NORRIS
LAKE, GATLINBURG, DYE, ELIZABETHTON, KODAK, MCMAHAN, PARDEE, HAMPTON,
ROYAL BLUE, CLINTON, PAULETTE, GREENEVILLE, ABINGDON, WHITE PINE,
LIMESTONE COVE, BENHAMS, CHESTNUT HILL, LEBANON, APPALACHIA, ELK
VALLEY, CARYVILLE, LAUREL BLOOMERY,
HARROGATE-SHAWANEE, HAPPY VALLEY, SOUTH HOLSTON DAM, ALPHA,
SEVIERVILLE, BRISTOL TN, JEFFERSON CITY, EVANSTON, COEBURN, MOUNTAIN
CITY, WHITE OAK, DOEVILLE, LUTTRELL, STRAWBERRY PLAINS, NORMA, HOWARD
QUARTER, SMOKEY JUNCTION, ROSEDALE, SPRINGDALE, UNICOI, HARRISBURG,
HILTONS, OAK RIDGE, TRADE, MORRISTOWN, NORTON, BIG SOUTH FORK
NATIONAL, SHARPS CHAPEL, LA FOLLETTE, RUSSELLVILLE, TREADWAY, BYBEE,
SHADY VALLEY, HUNTSVILLE, SNEEDVILLE, HONAKER, CLAIRFIELD,
HANSONVILLE, MARYVILLE, MOORESBURG, BRISTOL VA, ELGIN, JOHNSON CITY,
SLICK ROCK, KYLES FORD, ERWIN, ARTHUR, BIG STONE GAP, NEWPORT, BEAN
STATION, LONE MOUNTAIN, MAYNARDVILLE, ALCOA, SANDLICK, JELLICO, NEVA,
BEARDEN, ELKMONT, FINCASTLE, CEDAR CREEK, CADES COVE, LAKE FOREST,
AND SEYMOUR
238 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
ANDERSON, BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, CAMPBELL, CLAIBORNE, COCKE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS, GRAINGER, HAMBLEN, HANCOCK, HAWKINS, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON,
KNOX, NORTH SEVIER, NORTHWEST BLOUNT, NORTHWEST CARTER, NORTHWEST
COCKE, NORTHWEST GREENE, SCOTT TN, SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS,
SOUTHEAST CARTER, SOUTHEAST GREENE, SULLIVAN, UNICOI, UNION AND
WASHINGTON TN AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, LEE, RUSSELL, SCOTT VA, WASHINGTON VA AND WISE.
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE
AREA THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. DUE TO RECENT
RAINFALL, POOR ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO HEIGHTENED
CHANCES FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WITH THIS ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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