Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Knoxville/Tri Cities, TN

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
753 PM EDT Fri May 2 2025

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Monroe County in east Tennessee...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 753 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain
  have fallen over the last several hours, and thunderstorms
  producing rainfall rates in excess of 3 to 4 inches per hour are
  moving through the warned area now. As such, 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...
  Tellico Plains, Citico, Tariffville, Coker Creek, Citico Beach,
  Talassee and Bullet Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 3555 8410 3555 8405 3550 8400 3527 8422
      3523 8429 3521 8429 3521 8433 3527 8444
      3540 8430 3552 8416

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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