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WGUS84 KMRX 020027
FLSMRX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
827 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2020
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BLOUNT TN-KNOX TN-SEVIER TN-
827 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
WEST CENTRAL SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* AT 827 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KNOXVILLE, MARYVILLE, ALCOA, LOUISVILLE, ROCKFORD, EAGLETON
VILLAGE, WILDWOOD, WALLAND, LAKE FOREST, SEYMOUR, KIMBERLIN
HEIGHTS, HAPPY VALLEY, MALONEYVILLE, MASCOT AND GREAT SMOKY
MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
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 8407 3608 8392 3609 8373
3607 8371 3607 8370 3582 8368 3570 8378
3550 8393 3554 8400 3555 8399 3555 8400
DH
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