Full Notification

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...PLATEAU...

AND CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE A PERIOD
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 1/2
INCHES POSSIBLE.
DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL AND FLOODING...THE GROUND IS SATURATED
AND THE EXPECTED RETURN OF HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADWAY AND STREAM FLOODING...AND MUD
SLIDES.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH 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...

ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...EAST POLK...
HAMILTON...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...MORGAN...
NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...
SOUTHEAST MONROE AND WEST POLK.

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT

* ANOTHER 1 TO 1 1/2 OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE PLATEAU...SOUTHEAST
TENNESSEE AND CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. SINCE
THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AS WELL AS ELEVATED CREEKS AND
STREAMS...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

* ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING...ROADWAY AND STREAM
FLOODING...MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG
CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER COVERING THE ROAD.
TURN AROUND... DON`T DROWN.

Instructions:

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND! DON`T DROWN!