Thunderstorm causes flooding and road closures in Gatlinburg area


or 12 miles east of Merrillville, moving southeast at 10 miles per hour. Hazard, wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. Source, radar indicated. Impact, gusty winds could knock down trees and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Townsend, Ware's Valley, Wallen, Roundtop Mountain State Park, Elkman, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. The following is a hazardous weather bulletin for the following counties in Tennessee, Anderson, Ledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, North Severe, Northwest Monroe, Northwest Lund, Ray, Rhone, Sequoyah and West Polk.