000 WGUS44 KMRX 052137 FLWMRX BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 537 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 TNC001-009-013-025-057-089-093-105-129-145-151-155-173-060930- /O.NEW.KMRX.FA.W.0015.110905T2137Z-110906T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROANE TN-SCOTT TN-UNION TN-LOUDON TN-ANDERSON TN-CAMPBELL TN- CLAIBORNE TN-GRAINGER TN-JEFFERSON TN-KNOX TN-MORGAN TN-SEVIER TN- BLOUNT TN- 537 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... BLOUNT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... CAMPBELL COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... GRAINGER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... MORGAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... ROANE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... UNION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 530 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING * AT 532 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR REVEALED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY...WHICH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE EVENING TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AS OF 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY WEST OF A TOWNSEND TO JEFFERSON CITY TO TAZEWELL LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF MANY LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL EAST TENNESSEE AND THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION TONIGHT IF VENTURING OUT ON THE ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3556 8400 3554 8408 3559 8411 3567 8432 3565 8452 3561 8453 3566 8463 3572 8464 3570 8467 3576 8475 3583 8478 3593 8469 3614 8489 3628 8489 3640 8467 3661 8478 3659 8345 3556 8354 3556 8376 3550 8399 $$ DMG