FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1017 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR
RUSSELL...WASHINGTON...SCOTT AND CITY OF BRISTOL COUNTIES...
AT 1015 PM EST...AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 1 TO 2 AND A HALF
INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
REMNANTS OF IDA WILL CONTINUE TO PULL NORTH ACROSS THE REGION INTO
THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH POSSIBLE. THE
PERSISTENT RAIN AND SATURATED SOIL MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
LAT...LON 3660 8164 3662 8169 3662 8192 3660 8193
3660 8298 3668 8293 3689 8262 3690 8230
3698 8232 3700 8230 3700 8224 3705 8217
3706 8204 3713 8201 3715 8191 3701 8178
3696 8176 3692 8182 3678 8168 3663 8160
$$
MJB
FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1017 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR
RUSSELL...WASHINGTON...SCOTT AND CITY OF BRISTOL COUNTIES...
AT 1015 PM EST...AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 1 TO 2 AND A HALF
INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
REMNANTS OF IDA WILL CONTINUE TO PULL NORTH ACROSS THE REGION INTO
THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH POSSIBLE. THE
PERSISTENT RAIN AND SATURATED SOIL MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
LAT...LON 3660 8164 3662 8169 3662 8192 3660 8193
3660 8298 3668 8293 3689 8262 3690 8230
3698 8232 3700 8230 3700 8224 3705 8217
3706 8204 3713 8201 3715 8191 3701 8178
3696 8176 3692 8182 3678 8168 3663 8160
$$
MJB
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 925 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
/
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY...
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...BLEDSOE...BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...BRADLEY...COCKE
SMOKY MOUNTAINS...EAST POLK...HAMILTON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...
KNOX...LOUDON...MARION...MCMINN...MEIGS...NW BLOUNT...NORTH
SEVIER...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST COCKE...NORTHWEST
GREENE...NORTHWEST MONROE...RHEA...ROANE...SEQUATCHIE...SEVIER
SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...SOUTHEAST GREENE...
SOUTHEAST MONROE...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...WASHINGTON TN AND WEST
POLK. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WASHINGTON.
* UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN FEW AREAS.
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!
$$
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