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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
149 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2018
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
WEST CENTRAL MCMINN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 148 PM EDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHATTANOOGA, CLEVELAND, DAYTON, SODDY-DAISY, LAKESITE, HARRISON,
HILLSVIEW, HOPEWELL, HARRISON BAY STATE PARK, BIG SPRING, MIDDLE
VALLEY, BIRCHWOOD, SHADY GROVE, SALE CREEK, FALLING WATER AND
MOWBRAY MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS, CULVERTS, CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3550 8470 3515 8488 3515 8529 3551 8500
MOULTON
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