Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 25 at 1:25PM EDT until September 25 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 25, 2024 - 10:25am
Expires:
September 25, 2024 - 1:30pm
Description:
FFWMRX
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Eastern Blount County in east Tennessee...
Northeastern Monroe County in east Tennessee...
West Central Sevier County in east Tennessee...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 125 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pigeon Forge, Townsend, Cades Cove, Walland, Roundtop Mountain
State Park, Wears Valley and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Blount, TN; Monroe, TN; Sevier, TN
Forcast Office:
NWS Morristown TN