Full Notification

Flood Watch
Alert:
...PROLONGED RAIN EVENT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY CAUSE FLOODING...

.A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL LINGER ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ALTHOUGH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES MAY NOT BE ESPECIALLY HEAVY...THE
LONG DURATION OF RAIN AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS...COULD LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND CAUSE A FEW RIVERS
AND STREAMS TO REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
FLOOD STAGE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.
Instructions: A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA....KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RISING WATER OR WATER OVER ROADWAYS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND! DON`T DROWN!