Full Notification

Alert:
...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED
AREAL FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PERIODS OF MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO
2.5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME SPOTS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THIS
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO SOME RUNOFF ISSUES AND LOCALIZED AREAL
FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE NORTHERN PLATEAU WHERE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST...COMBINED WITH THE MELTING SLEET AND SNOW
PACK THERE.

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST
TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND CLAY. IN
EAST TENNESSEE...ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST
POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...
NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...
RHEA... ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER SMOKY
MOUNTAINS... SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...SOUTHEAST
MONROE... SULLIVAN...UNICOI...UNION...WASHINGTON TN AND WEST
POLK. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...
WASHINGTON AND WISE.

* THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU.

* RUNOFF FROM MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF A FROZEN
GROUND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING
AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT WILL HAVE A MELTING SLEET OR
SNOW PACK.

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!