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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN  
845 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
WEST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 845 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED  
AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS  
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.  
 
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...  
OAK RIDGE, FARRAGUT, OLIVER SPRINGS, KARNS AND POWELL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 75 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 115.  
INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 369 AND 375.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3591 8427 3603 8433 3610 8397 3584 8420  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
DGS  
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