Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
BLEDSOE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 945 PM EST FRIDAY/845 PM CST FRIDAY/

* AT 336 PM EST /236 PM CST/...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN IN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THAT WILL CAUSE FLOODING. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH SOME LOCATIONS
RECEIVING EVEN MORE. WHILE THE RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY START TO
DIMINISH IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR RAINFALL TO DRAIN AWAY FROM
LOW LYING AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAK RIDGE...DAYTON...KINGSTON...ROCKWOOD...PIKEVILLE...DECATUR...
OLIVER SPRINGS...SPRING CITY...MIDTOWN...FAIRVIEW...HARRIMAN...
GRAYSVILLE...BIG SPRING...OLD WASHINGTON...GRANDVIEW...DEARMOND...
MELVINE...BRADBURY...TEN MILE AND BRAYTON.
Instructions: MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

Target Area:
Bledsoe