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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