Flash Flood Warning
NWS Morristown TN ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 23 At 8:45PM EDT Until September 23 At 10:45PM EDT By NWS Morristown TN
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South Central Anderson County in east Tennessee... West Central Knox County in east Tennessee... * Until 1045 PM EDT. * At 845 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
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... Oak Ridge, Farragut, Oliver Springs, Karns and Powell. This includes the following highways... Interstate 75 in Tennessee between mile markers 113 and 115. Interstate 40 in Tennessee between mile markers 369 and 375.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Anderson County, TN
- Knox County, TN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Morristown TN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38E11AJW91N3B2G7HTGKF81
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5f8924bd23db466a857bfb521399f10d809413e9.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Morristown TN
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMRX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1254
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWMRX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS54 KMRX 240045 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMRX.FF.W.0080.260924T0045Z-260924T0245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T22:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Anderson County, TN
- Knox County, TN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 047001 |
| SAME | 047093 |
| UGC | TNC001 |
| UGC | TNC093 |
- Polygons
- 35.91,-84.27 36.03,-84.33 36.1,-83.97 35.84,-84.2 35.91,-84.27