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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
124 AM EDT Sat Sep 28 2024

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS 
ROADWAY FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. ...

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Carter County in east Tennessee...
  Southeastern Sullivan County in east Tennessee...
  Northwestern Unicoi County in east Tennessee...
  Central Washington County in east Tennessee...

* Until 1000 AM EDT Saturday.

* At 124 AM EDT, local law enforcement continued to report flash 
  flooding across the warned area.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for local law enforcement reported 
  numerous roadway flooding across the area. . This is a 
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Runoff from recent
           heavy rains continue to produce significant flooding
           across the warned area.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement 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, Central, Pine Crest, Hampton, 
  Oak Grove, Spurgeon, Unicoi, Bluff City, Watauga, Milligan 
  College, Rocky Mount State Park, Hunter, Embreeville, Sadie and 
  Limestone.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now! 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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3625 8241 3632 8231 3635 8234 3638 8241
      3644 8245 3645 8242 3642 8218 3649 8205
      3650 8199 3647 8195 3637 8206 3636 8205
      3628 8217 3625 8226 3625 8234 3615 8242
      3615 8251 3609 8259 3615 8265 3623 8264

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC

$$

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