WFO KNOXVILLE/TRI-CITIES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Morristown, Tennessee
944 PM EST Mon Feb 18 2019
...The Flood Advisory continues for the South Chickamauga Creek...
Clinch River...Sequatchie River...
South Chickamauga Creek Near Chickamauga TN affecting Catoosa and
Hamilton Counties
Clinch River Above Tazewell TN affecting Claiborne...Grainger and
Hancock Counties
Sequatchie River Near Whitwell TN affecting Bledsoe...Marion and
Sequatchie Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Most deaths in floods occur in automobiles. If you come to a closed
or flooded road, Turn Around! Don't Drown! For more details, stay
tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or commercial television or radio
stations that carry weather information.
The Flood Advisory continues for
The South Chickamauga Creek Near Chickamauga TN
* Until Tuesday afternoon
* At 09PM Monday the stage was 16.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* The river will continue to rise to near 17.1 feet by tomorrow
morning.
* At 18.0 feet...Water begins to cross Mack Smith Road in Catoosa
County, Georgia. Flooding begins at golf courses near the
confluence of South and West Chickamauga Creeks. West Chickamauga
Creek begins to overflow its banks, as well.
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