Alert: Flood Warning issued February 23 at 3:55PM EST expiring February 23 at 10:00PM EST by NWS Morristown TN

Event: Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Morristown TN
Issued: 2019-02-23T15:55:00-05:00
Expires: 2019-02-23T22:00:00-05:00
Description: The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flood Warning for…
Northern Rhea County in east Tennessee…
Northern Bledsoe County in east Tennessee…

* Until 1000 PM EST Saturday/900 PM CST Saturday/.

* At 353 PM EST/253 PM CST/, emergency dispatch reported continued
flooding, road closures, and sinkholes across the warned area.
This warning replaces the Flash Flood Warning for Bledsoe and Rhea
Counties. Three to five inches of rain have already fallen today.
While rainfall has ended, additional rainfall of one inch is
possible with a line of rain and thunderstorms later tonight.
Water will be slow to recede because of the saturated soil.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Pikeville, Spring City, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Stinging Fork
Falls State Park, Grandview, Piney Falls State Park, Melvine and
Mount Crest.

Instruction: Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Rhea, TN; Bledsoe, TN

Message Identifier: NWS-IDP-PROD-3391238-2970123
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings