* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. * WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, CHEROKEE AND CLAY AND EAST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, ANDERSON, BLEDSOE, BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, BRADLEY, CAMPBELL, EAST POLK, HAMILTON, KNOX, LOUDON, MARION, MCMINN, MEIGS, MORGAN, NORTH SEVIER, NORTHWEST BLOUNT, NORTHWEST MONROE, RHEA, ROANE, SCOTT TN, SEQUATCHIE, SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST MONROE, UNION AND WEST POLK.

* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY, SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AND SOME LOCATIONS WILL ALREADY HEAVE WET GROUND, WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE RISK OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED OR PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. - HTTP: WWW.WEATHER.GOV SAFETY FLOOD