Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 2:32PM EDT until September 27 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 11:32am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 2:00pm
Description:
FFWMRX
The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Carter County in east Tennessee...
Northwestern Unicoi County in east Tennessee...
Washington County in east Tennessee...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 232 PM EDT, emergency management reported flash flooding across
the warned area. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional
rainfall is expected. Creeks and streams remain out of their
banks, and numerous flooded roads remain closed. Main stem rivers
continue to rise. Rescue operations continue.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Jonesborough, Johnson City,
Embreeville, and Hampton. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Johnson City, Elizabethton, Erwin, Jonesborough, Pine Crest,
Midway, Central, Unicoi, Watauga, Milligan College, Avondale,
Embreeville, Leesburg, Telford, Hunter, Limestone and Sadie.
Instruction:
This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do
not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to
flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description:
Carter, TN; Unicoi, TN; Washington, TN
Forcast Office:
NWS Morristown TN