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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
902 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* AT 902 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
KNOXVILLE, MARYVILLE, ALCOA, ROCKFORD, EAGLETON VILLAGE, TOWNSEND,
WILDWOOD, WALLAND, SEYMOUR, LAKE FOREST, KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS,
MCMAHAN, HAPPY VALLEY AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, ROADS, FARMLAND, AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 3555 8401 3558 8403 3576 8397 3587 8394
3601 8390 3600 8375 3599 8370 3585 8360
3576 8368 3556 8386 3551 8397 3554 8400
3555 8399 3555 8400
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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