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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
124 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2019

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR KNOXVILLE AND KNOX COUNTY TENNESSEE...

The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Knox County in east Tennessee...

* Until 430 PM EST.

* At 122 PM EST, emergency management reported continued flash
  flooding across the warned area. Three to four inches of rain have
  already fallen and an additional one inch is possible over the
  next two hours. Flash flooding is already occurring and emergency
  management strongly suggests motorist limit travel as much as
  possible. Many roadways are impassable at this time, and will
  require several hours for waters to recede after the rainfall ends.


This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Knox County. This is a
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Alcoa, Farragut, Louisville, Plainview,
  Halls, Blaine, Karns, Kimberlin Heights, House Mountain State Park,
  Lake Forest, Maloneyville, Mascot, Bearden, Powell and Seymour.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3591 8427 3594 8427 3593 8424 3599 8419
      3603 8406 3608 8409 3619 8395 3616 8391
      3617 8374 3609 8367 3608 8367 3610 8371
      3597 8365 3584 8385 3588 8400 3587 8403
      3585 8401 3583 8406 3585 8414 3579 8416

$$

JLB
