Watches Warnings Advisories
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1029 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009
...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEGINNING
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE WATCH
AREA.
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CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-
GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-ROANE-
LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-
MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-
WEST POLK-EAST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...WARTBURG...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...
MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...COSBY...
KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...
CADES COVE...SEVIERVILLE...GATLINBURG...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...
DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...
CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON...DUCKTOWN
1029 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009 /929 PM CST MON JAN 5 2009/
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...
HAMILTON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...NORTHWEST COCKE...
NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SCOTT TN...SEQUATCHIE...
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST MONROE...UNION AND WEST
POLK.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WIDESPREAD TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS MOST OF THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW AREAS.
* 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!
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!
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