FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
1006 PM EDT Wed May 8 2024
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for…
Southwestern Bledsoe County in east Tennessee…
Central Hamilton County in east Tennessee…
Northeastern Marion County in east Tennessee…
Southwestern Meigs County in east Tennessee…
Southwestern Rhea County in east Tennessee…
Sequatchie County in east Tennessee…
* Until 200 AM EDT /100 AM CDT/.
* At 1006 PM EDT /906 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Rainfall amounts of
up to 3 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…
Chattanooga, Dayton, Dunlap, Pikeville, Decatur, Soddy-Daisy,
Walden, Lakesite, Fairmount, Harrison, Graysville, Brayton, Flat
Top Mountain, Sale Creek, Mowbray Mountain, Palio, North
Chickamauga Creek Gorge, Shady Grove, Falling Water and Birchwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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LAT…LON 3530 8566 3532 8556 3538 8549 3541 8549
3543 8554 3549 8554 3553 8561 3555 8546
3566 8532 3550 8475 3543 8482 3537 8485
3514 8513 3529 8566
FLASH FLOOD…RADAR INDICATED