Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN
301 WGUS54 KMRX 090842 FFWMRX TNC007-065-115-121-143-153-091315- /O.NEW.KMRX.FF.W.0005.240509T0842Z-240509T1315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Morristown TN 442 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024 The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Bledsoe County in east Tennessee... Hamilton County in east Tennessee... Marion County in east Tennessee... Meigs County in east Tennessee... Rhea County in east Tennessee... Sequatchie County in east Tennessee... * Until 915 AM EDT /815 AM CDT/. * At 442 AM EDT /342 AM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen in the past 24 hours. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. 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... Chattanooga, Dayton, Dunlap, Jasper, Pikeville, Decatur, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain, South Pittsburg, Spring City, Walden, Lakesite, Whitwell, Kimball, Monteagle, Ridgeside, Fairmount, Harrison, Red Bank and Collegedale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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. && LAT...LON 3541 8549 3553 8561 3557 8542 3575 8526 3576 8527 3576 8492 3583 8479 3575 8475 3571 8463 3565 8462 3520 8501 3513 8503 3501 8496 3499 8498 3499 8586 3522 8587 3522 8574 3524 8569 3529 8571 3536 8551 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED $$ GC