Vonore, Tennessee

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued an

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
Bradley County in east Tennessee...
this includes the city of Cleveland...
McMinn County in east Tennessee...
this includes the city of Athens...
Monroe County in east Tennessee...
this includes the cities of... Sweetwater... Madisonville...
Polk County in east Tennessee...
this includes the cities of... Ducktown... Benton...
Cherokee County in southwest North Carolina...
this includes the cities of... Murphy... Andrews...
Clay County in southwest North Carolina...
this includes the city of Hayesville...

* until 215 PM EST

* at 1112 am EST an area of moderate to locally heavy rain continued
to move across southeast Tennessee and extreme southwest North
Carolina. Radar is estimating between 1 and 2 inches across the
advisory area.

Remnants of Ida will continue to pull north across the region
through this afternoon with additional rainfall between 2 and 3
inches possible. The persistent rain and saturated soil may produce
ponding of low lying areas and small stream flooding.

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 3499 8497 3516 8501 3565 8461 3563 8450
      3565 8452 3566 8434 3562 8419 3555 8408
      3553 8400 3549 8398 3548 8393 3548 8396
      3534 8403 3524 8399 3522 8393 3526 8370
      3522 8368 3515 8373 3515 8365 3498 8352

944 am EST Tue Nov 10 2009 /844 am CST Tue Nov 10 2009/

... Flash Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday morning...

The National Weather Service in Morristown has expanded the

* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of east Tennessee and
southwest Virginia... including the following areas... 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.

* Through Wednesday morning

* rainfall amounts of one to three inches expected by Wednesday
morning. Locally higher amounts possible.


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!

The rainfall amounts listed below are listed by the County into
which the rain falls, and then the Reservoir/Basin into which the
water will flow after it hits the ground. For example, rain falling
at McGhee-Tyson Airport will flow into Ft. Loudon-Tellico Lake.

These figures come from a combination of TVA, USGS, Coe, NWS, and
various County-owned rain gauges. Our thanks to these cooperators.

Totals are for the 24 hours ending at 8 am EDT (7 am cdt) or
7 am EST (6 am cst). T = trace
County, state 24 hour
Reservoir precipitation
    location (inches)
________________________________________________________________
Anderson County, TN
   Melton Hill Lake
      Norris 4ne-water plant (NWS coop - nort1) 0.01
      Oak Ridge (asos - oqt) T

Blount County, TN
   Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake
      Cades Cove (TVA - ccvt1) 0.03
      Calderwood Dam (TVA - calt1) 0.03
      McGhee-Tyson Airport (asos - tys) T
      Townsend 5s (NWS coop - tnst1) 0.24

Bradley County, TN
   Chickamauga Lake
      Charleston (TVA - chtt1) 0.16
      Cleveland (TVA - clet1) 0.21

Carter County, TN
   Boone Lake
      South Holston Dam (TVA - shdt1) 0.01

Cocke County, TN
   Douglas Lake
      Cosby (TVA - cbyt1) 0.03

Hamblen County, TN
   Cherokee Lake
      Morristown-NWS office (NWS coop - mrx) T

Hamilton County, TN
   Nickajack Lake
      Chattanooga-Lovell Field (asos - cha) 0.43

Knox County, TN
   Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake
      Knoxville exp. Stn (NWS/UT coop - knxt1) 0.09

Loudon County, TN
   Watts Bar Lake
      Lenoir City water plant (NWS coop - lent1) 0.04

McMinn County, TN
   Chickamauga Lake
      Etowah (TVA - etot1) 0.15

Meigs County, TN
   Chickamauga Lake
      Decatur (TVA - dect1) 0.06
      Decatur 7ne (NWS coop - dcct1) 0.04

Monroe County, TN
   Ft. Loudon/Tellico Lake
      Tellico Plains (TVA - tlpt1) 0.27

Polk County, TN
   Chickamauga Lake
      Turtletown-Apalachia Dam (TVA - turt1) 0.36

Rhea County, TN
   Chickamauga Lake
      Dayton (TVA - dynt1) 0.03
      Watts Bar Dam (TVA - wbot1) 0.02

Sevier County, TN
   Douglas Lake
      Mt. Leconte (NWS coop - mtlt1) 0.20
      Newfound Gap park (gsmnp) 0.30
      GSMNP Headquarters - sugarlands (NWS coop - gtlt1) 0.02

Cherokee County, NC
   Apalachia Lake
      Hiwassee Dam (TVA - hiwn7) 0.29

Clay County, NC
   Hiwassee Lake
      Chatuge Dam (TVA - chan7) 0.33

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