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EXPIRED1/27/2024 2:48:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: FutureSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Possible
1/27/2024 2:48:00 AM until 1/29/2024 6:00:00 PM
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible later this morning into tonight.
* 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 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning through late tonight.
* 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 the moist ground and higher than
normal river levels from previous rainfall and recent snow
melt may result in flash flooding and river flooding.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood