Flash Flood Warning

FFWMRX

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Cocke County in east Tennessee... Southern Hamblen County in east Tennessee... East Central Jefferson County in east Tennessee...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 609 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Newport, Dandridge, White Pine, Baneberry and Bybee.

This includes the following highways... Interstate 81 in Tennessee between mile markers 1 and 5. Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 418 and 436.