Morgan County E-911 TN

10/30/2026

10/29/2026

10/09/2026

Bottom Line Up Front: Hurricane Isaias will make landfall on the Gulf coast late tonight. The remnants will bring moderate and occasionally heavy rain and gusty winds to parts of the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachian region starting tonight around midnight and persisting through Sunday morning.

What has changed?
• High confidence for gusty winds to our area starting tonight. Highest wind gusts will occur Saturday afternoon.
• Medium to low confidence for flooding rainfall
• Rainfall graphic has been updated as well as tropical storm track from earlier briefing. Despite the higher rainfall for, it still is not a massive amount rainfall. Given that approximately 7 days has passed since the last rainfall and tree leaves still present, some of this should be absorbed well. However, your usual places will likely have problems where the showers overperform.
What We Know
• Rain: The heaviest rain (1 - 3 inches) will be across the southern Tennessee Valley and upslope of the Plateau and southwest North Carolina.
• Isolated Flooding: Isolated flash flooding is possible across the southern Plateau, parts of southeast Tennessee, and southwest North Carolina.
• Timing: Rainfall starts around midnight tonight in the southern Tennessee Valley, with the highest probability for widespread rain occurring Saturday morning into Sunday morning. Rainfall will spread northward and gusty winds will too. By sunrise all areas of East Tennessee, southwest Virginia and southwest North Carolina will begin to experience the stronger winds. The greatest wind threat is expected Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
• Wind Potential: Strong gusty winds (60 - 70+ MPH) are likely across the eastern Tennessee mountains and foothills, as well as the higher terrain in Washington and Russell County Virginia. The greatest wind threat is expected Saturday through Sunday morning. Strong winds could extend into Clay and Cherokee Counties as well.

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10/08/2026

Bottom Line Up Front: Hurricane Isaias continues to track through the Gulf. Isaias remnants will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachian region this weekend.
What has changed?
• Confidence is growing that it will make landfall along the Gulf Coast as a hurricane late Friday night, with the remnants bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to our area on Saturday.
What We Know
• Rain: Confidence is increasing that the area will see moderate to heavy rainfall this weekend. The heaviest rain(1 - 2 inches) will be across the southern Tennessee Valley and upslope of the Plateau and southwest North Carolina.
• Timing: Confidence is increasing for rainfall starting Saturday morning in the southern Tennessee Valley, with the highest probability for widespread rain occurring Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning. The greatest wind threat is expected Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
• Wind Potential: Strong gusty winds (60 - 70+ MPH) are likely across the eastern Tennessee mountains and foothills, driven by a tightening pressure gradient between the surface low track and a wedge of high pressure east of the Appalachians. The greatest wind threat is expected Saturday through Sunday morning.
• Strong winds are increasingly likely Saturday morning in and around Chattanooga, TN.
What Remains Uncertain
• Exact Rain amounts & Wind speeds: The exact track of the tropical low will take inland will determine where the strong winds are and heaviest rain falls.

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10/07/2026

10/07/2026

A tropical storm will move north into the Tennessee valley and southern Appalachian this weekend producing the potential of heavy rain and strong winds, especially for the mountains and foothills.

09/30/2026

If this is your phone you can come to the 911 center and claim it. You must be able to tell us the phone number attached to it. I covered the back of it due to stickers. If you need to talk to a dispatcher about the phone call 423-346-0911 option 5. It was found yesterday at a wreck scene.and was just turned in to us.

09/21/2026

The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Morgan County in east Tennessee...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 226 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Wartburg, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Wartburg and Frozen Head State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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LAT...LON 3618 8471 3611 8451 3596 8468 3599 8472
3601 8473 3605 8478 3606 8479 3609 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 305DEG 9KT 3611 8471

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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09/17/2026

We will begin our road work for “open cutting” at the end of Potters Falls Road today, Friday 9/18.

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