Warning Description: Areal Flood Warning

Warning Date: 7:36 PM EST on January 6, 2009

WarningSum:...The Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 545 Am Est Wednesday/445
Am Cst Wednesday/ For All Of East Tennessee...Extreme Southwest 
Virginia Including Bristol And Norton...And Cherokee And Clay 
Counties In North Carolina...

Warning Message:At 730 PM EST/630 PM CST/ numerous areas are flooded including the 
following...
The Valley River in Tomotla...Cherokee County...North Carolina was 
at 10.4 feet and climbing at about one foot per hour with mudslides 
in steep terrain...
Numerous Road closures in Hamilton County and Blount County, Tennessee...
Rock slides in great Smoky Mountain National Park...
A few Road closures in Meigs and McMinn counties, Tennessee...
Bradley County, Tennessee reports approximately one hundred roads 
closed and some with water up to mailboxes...
A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or has been reported.
Stream rises will be slow and flash flooding is not expected.
However...all interested parties should take necessary precautions
immediately.
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Warning Description: Areal Flood Watch

Warning Date: 10:58 am CST on January 6, 2009/

WarningSum:...Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through Wednesday Morning...

Warning Message:The 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...Anderson...Bledsoe...Blount Smoky Mountains...
  Bradley...Campbell...Claiborne...Cocke Smoky Mountains...east 
  Polk...Grainger...Hamblen...Hamilton...Hancock...Hawkins...
  Jefferson...Johnson...Knox...Loudon...Marion...McMinn...
  Meigs...Morgan...NW Blount...north Sevier...northwest Carter...
  northwest Cocke...northwest Greene...northwest Monroe...Rhea...
  Roane...Scott TN...Sequatchie...Sevier Smoky Mountains...
  southeast Carter...southeast Greene...southeast Monroe...
  Sullivan...Unicoi...Union...Washington TN and west Polk. In 
  southwest Virginia...Lee...Russell...Scott...Washington and 
  wise.
* Through Wednesday morning
* rainfall may be heavy at times through tonight...with 
  widespread total rainfall amounts of two to four inches 
  possible by Wednesday morning. In addition...locally higher 
  amounts will be possible in a few areas. 
* In addition to flooding of small creeks and streams and flood
  prone areas... rainfall of this magnitude may cause some larger
  rivers to rise to near or above their flood stages.
A Flood Watch means that conditions are favorable for heavy
rain...which may lead to flooding in and near the watch area. If
you are in the watch area....keep an eye out for rising water or
water over roadways. Keep informed...and be ready for action if
flooding is observed or if a Flood Warning is issued. If you come
to a closed or flooded Road...turn around! Don't drown!
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