THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... MEIGS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... RHEA COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * AT 1003 PM EDT ...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS RHEA AND MEIGS COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE RHEA AND MEIGS COUNTY LINE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO BEFORE THE STORMS END. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AS WELL AS SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:08:34 +0000
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