{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.268befa46810680391a6c537540725899f4786d1.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 19 at 6:18PM EDT until July 19 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Morristown TN","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-19","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.268befa46810680391a6c537540725899f4786d1.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Morristown TN"},"word_count":186,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 19 at 6:18PM EDT until July 19 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Morristown TN\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Bledsoe, TN; Rhea, TN\n**Issued by:** NWS Morristown TN\n**Sent:** 2026-07-19T18:18:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-19T18:18:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-19T20:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWMRX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNortheastern Bledsoe County in east Tennessee...\nNorthwestern Rhea County in east Tennessee...\n\n* Until 815 PM EDT /715 PM CDT/.\n\n* At 618 PM EDT /518 PM CDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms\nproducing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches\nof rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch\nare possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or\nexpected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor\ndrainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nPikeville, Melvine and Stinging Fork Falls State Park.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}