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Yes! Some areas in the metro have had over 5 inches of rain in two days with heavy thunderstorms! 100% chance of heavy storms tomorrow and 4-6 inches of rain forecasted!
Flash flood watch in effect!
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
942 PM EDT FRI SEP 25 2009
...POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
.A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH A SATURATED GROUND TO
CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS SATURDAY PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE AND CLAY. IN EAST
TENNESSEE...ANDERSON...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...
BRADLEY...CAMPBELL...CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST
POLK...GRAINGER...HAMBLEN...HAMILTON...HANCOCK...H AWKINS...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCM INN...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NW BLOUNT...NORTH SEVIER...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. IN
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON AND
WISE.
* THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE VERY MOIST AIR
MASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS EAST
TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FOUR
INCHES IN SOME AREAS. BECAUSE THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED
FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER IN THE WEEK...LOCATIONS THAT
EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF
FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. IF
YOU COME TO A CLOSED OR FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND! DON`T DROWN!
Precipitation:
Actual: 0.96 in
Normal: 0.2 in
Record: 1.7 in
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