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WGUS74 KMRX 022328
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
728 PM EDT Fri May 2 2025


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Hamilton TN-
728 PM EDT Fri May 2 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...

At 728 PM EDT, Local law enforcement reported they were responding 
to multiple flooding related emergencies, and social media pictures 
and videos showed upwards of 2 feet of water on Hixson Pike. Between 
3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen over the last three hours due to 
thunderstorms. Flash flooding is expected to continue.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Chattanooga, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain, Walden, Lakesite, 
  Ridgeside, Fairmount, Harrison, Red Bank, Falling Water, Middle 
  Valley, East Ridge, North Chickamauga Creek Gorge, Lookout 
  Mountain, Harrison Bay State Park and Mowbray Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 3524 8522 3523 8507 3499 8523 3498 8547
      3499 8547 3501 8543 3504 8541 3504 8539
      3507 8537 3509 8536 3519 8530

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

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