The NWS service has issued a Flood watch for Bledsoe County from Tuesday morning till Wednesday morning.
Alert:
...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE FROM EARLY TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND EASTERN
TENNESSEE VALLEY...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT
WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE LATE
TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND
CONTINUE TUESDAY EVENING OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF
UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE MADE THE GROUND SATURATED SO ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL STREAMS AND
URBAN AREAS.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST
TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND CLAY. IN EAST TENNESSEE...BLEDSOE...
BRADLEY...EAST POLK...HAMILTON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...
NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...SEQUATCHIE...SOUTHEAST MONROE AND
WEST POLK.
* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WITH
ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.
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!
Address/Location
Bledsoe County Emergency Management Agency
3150 Main St
Pikeville, TN 37367
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 423-447-5555
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Watch