KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — This year we have seen it all. Snow, freezing rain, damaging winds and now flooding is on the radar.
People in East Tennessee can expect heavy rainfall Tuesday night that could accumulate inches over time.
“Overall, we're expecting one to three inches across most of the area,” National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Buckles said. “But some locations where those thunderstorms track over top of each other could receive up to maybe four or five inches.”
Houses and roads near any body of water are most prone to flooding, and weather experts along with first responders want people to follow the golden rule of turn around don't drown.
Jeff Bagwell at the Rural Metro Fire Department says it's a simple rule, but Knox County people quickly ignore the risk.
“Because it happens every single time, Powell has all kinds of flooding problems, Karns, anything along beaver creek, and then, of course, the north shore area,” Bagwell said.
Bagwell says not many fatalities have been reported in Knox county, but 2021 was Tennessee's deadliest flood year. According to the state, twenty-two people died after massive flooding in Middle Tennessee.
