# Flash Flood Warning: Cherokee, NC; Polk, TN — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-02 00:20 ingested 2026-08-02 08:29

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## extract

Flash Flood Warning — Cherokee, NC; Polk, TN
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
FFWMRX

The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina...
Southeastern Polk County in east Tennessee...

* Until 445 AM EDT.

* At 1220 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ducktown, Turtletown, William L. Davenport Refuge, Copperhill and
Hot House.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.