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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
609 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN HAMBLEN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 609 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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, DANDRIDGE, WHITE PINE, BANEBERRY AND BYBEE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 81 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5. INTERSTATE
40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 418 AND 436.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3598 8338 3604 8345 3610 8339 3612 8333
3614 8324 3608 8315 3601 8311 3596 8313
3593 8321 3595 8329
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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