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EXPIRED1/26/2024 2:16:00 PM (UTC)Urgency: FutureSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Possible
1/26/2024 2:16:00 PM until 1/29/2024 12:00:00 PM
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of southwest North Carolina, including the
following areas, Cherokee and Clay, east Tennessee, including the
following areas, Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount Smoky Mountains,
Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke Smoky Mountains, East Polk,
Grainger, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson,
Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Morgan, North Sevier,
Northwest Blount, Northwest Carter, Northwest Cocke, Northwest
Greene, Northwest Monroe, Rhea, Roane, Scott TN, Sequatchie,
Sevier Smoky Mountains, Southeast Carter, Southeast Greene,
Southeast Monroe, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Washington TN and West
Polk, and southwest Virginia, including the following areas, Lee,
Russell, Scott VA, Washington VA and Wise.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Saturday night.
* IMPACTS...Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Area
creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more
heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Heavy rainfall on top of moist ground and high river levels
from previous rainfall may result in flash flooding and river
flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood