Flash Flood Warning for Cherokee, NC; Polk, TN
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FFWMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Southeastern Polk County in east Tennessee... * Until 445 AM EDT. * At 1220 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the...
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Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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FFWMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina... Southeastern Polk County in east Tennessee... * Until 445 AM EDT. * At 1220 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Ducktown, Turtletown, William L. Davenport Refuge, Copperhill and Hot House.
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 2 at 12:20AM EDT until August 2 at 4:45AM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 1 at 11:40PM EDT until August 2 at 2:45AM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Morristown TN. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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