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Missing Woman In The Smoky Mountains Is Safe
The woman who was missing in The Great Smoky Mountains, after having jumped or fell in the Little River, was found this morning in good condition.
Woman missing overnight in Smokies found, ‘physically fine’
Praise God!
Blessings,
Denese
Travel Alert: Another Flood Watch For East Tennessee Including The Smoky Mountains
We dried out a little today from the flooding yesterday, but…
…another flood watch has been issued!
A flood watch is in effect through Sunday afternoon for parts of East Tennessee, including The Great Smoky Mountains. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to move into the area tonight through Sunday and rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches or more are possible. Due to the already saturated ground, quickly rising streams and flooding of low lying areas is expected.
Monday is forecast to be dry, but a slight chance of rain is possible the rest of next week.
Blessings and travel safely,
Denese
Smoky Mountains And Townsend Area Flooding And Severe Weather Update
The flood watch has been lifted for the Smoky Mountains and surrounding areas in Tennessee but we are still under a hazardous weather outlook. Showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast for the weekend and into next week.
Earlier today we had flooded roads all over the area, there was a power outage near Townsend and a landslide on Wears Valley Road.
A man was removed from an overturned car in Sevier County during a swift water rescue operation and authorities will resume their search in the morning for a woman who went in the river near Metcalf Bottoms picnic area in the Park.
Little River Road is closed between Townsend and Metcalf Bottoms picnic area.
Authorities continue to close roads due to floods
1 pulled to safety in Sevier County swift water rescue operation
Search underway for woman missing in Little River near Townsend
Some flood pictures:
Mountain stream river!
Our roads:
Little River in the Smoky Mountains.
Little River at the swingin’ bridge on old 73 in Townsend.
View upstream of Dark Island from the swingin’ bridge.
Downstream
At the picnic area on 321 in Townsend.
Please be safe and don’t get in the creek or river during a flood and if the water is over the road, don’t drive through it-running water is powerful enough to roll boulders down creeks, and overturn cars!
Updates:
- Travel Alert: Another Flood Watch For East Tennessee Including The Smoky Mountains
- Missing Woman In The Smoky Mountains Is Safe
Blessings,
Denese
Flood Warning Issued For The Smoky Mountains
A flood warning has been issued for Blount, Monroe and Sevier counties in Eastern Tennessee, including the Smoky Mountains.
And it is flooding!
2200 ft. elevation, 100 feet from Foothills Parkway at the Blount/Sevier county line…
It is also flooding in parts of Townsend and the power is out in the Rudd Holler area.
Our 3 foot creek bed is now a 10 foot wide river!
Weather updates:
Updates:
Smoky Mountains And Townsend Area Flooding And Severe Weather Update
Latest: Travel Alert: Another Flood Watch For East Tennessee Including The Smoky Mountains
Blessings and stay safe,
Denese
Flood Advisory And Watch For The Great Smoky Mountains
A flood advisory is in effect this morning for The Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee until 10:15am due to extremely heavy rain that has moved into the area. Some areas are receiving 1-2 inches per hour which will cause flooding of small streams and low lying areas.
Flood Advisory For The Smoky Mountains
Heavy rain is expected throughout the day and a flood watch continues through this evening.
Flood Watch For The Smoky Mountains
Smoky Mountains 7 Day Forecast
Updates:
Flood Warning Issued For The Smoky Mountains
Smoky Mountains And Townsend Area Flooding And Severe Weather Update
Latest: Travel Alert: Another Flood Watch For East Tennessee Including The Smoky Mountains
Blessings and stay safe,
Denese
Smoky Mountains Severe Weather Alert
There is a hazardous weather outlook for parts of Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, including the Smoky Mountains.
We have had hard rain showers over the past two days and it’s supposed to rain today through the weekend with very heavy rain possible tonight and tomorrow. Flooding is also possible.
Updates:
Flood Advisory And Watch For The Great Smoky Mountains
Flood Warning Issued For The Smoky Mountains
Smoky Mountains And Townsend Area Flooding And Severe Weather Update
Latest: Travel Alert: Another Flood Watch For East Tennessee Including The Smoky Mountains
Please travel safely.
Blessings,
Denese
Flood Pictures
Good morning, no snow here today. That’s what usually happens when it’s predicted, if they hadn’t said anything about it, we’d have probably got some! We don’t really need any snow so soon after the flooding anyway.
Speaking of the flood, we didn’t have it bad here in the holler, the worst part was keeping the leaves and rocks clear the night it started, until the creekbed was washed out.
Yesterday we had to clean out the ditches on the side of the road and my husband had to clear two tiles out on his way in. I guess he’ll be doing roadwork this weekend.
Our chicken pen.
Behind the cabin, towards the Foothills Parkway. They’ve been working up there, I wonder what all this rain did to it? It’s slid off before, in the very place they are re-building.
It was worse down below us.
One death blamed on drenching rainfall; three drivers rescued from flooded vehicles
Flooding covers Cades Cove roads; loop closed
Smokies close Cades Cove, see 3 1/2″ of rain in some spots
I’m glad it’s over, for now. We usually see this in March or July…not January!
Counting our blessings,Denese
East Tennessee Flooding Update
Good morning. 
The big news around here this morning is the flooding.
Our county schools are closed, roads are flooded and we’ve had rock slides.
Rainfall causes school closings, sets record
Authorities evacuate areas around Little Pigeon River
High tide threatens homes evacuates families in Sevier County
Floods follow record rainfall; schools, roads, Cades Cove loop closed
My husband called on his way to work and said it’s a mess out there.
Our creek is over the road in two places before it leaves the holler,
the creek is over Wears Valley Road between here and Townsend, and Dark Island on Little River has roads flooded and the water is around the piers on some of the houses there.
The river is about 8 feet from the bottom of the swinging bridge at the wedding chapel and up around the piers on the house above it.
Carrs Creek, Lovers Lane and Old Walland Highway are flooded, too.
He is supposed to call me back when he gets to work but I haven’t heard from him yet, he has to cross another creek twice to get there. The little bridge might be washed away!
I took some pictures of our creek and I’ll get them uploaded and posted here in a bit.
Anybody reading this from another part of the county? How is it over your way?
Hoping everyone is safe,Denese
It’s Flooding
It sounds like there’s a river outside my window!
It has been raining hard all day and the whole East Tennessee area is under a flood warning. 
Our creek hasn’t run like this in over 5 years!
Usually it runs underground part of the way down the holler but it’s presently about 2 feet deep and rushing down the mountain.
Every now and then I can hear a big rock go rolling down.
Our creek is fed by several springs on it’s way out of the holler, it then joins another, larger creek before emptying into Little River.
I can only imagine how it is in Townsend or Maryville, I haven’t heard.
There went another rock!
I just hope it doesn’t flood like it did in 1994, that one washed houses away.
I’ll have an update and pictures of our “rushing mountain stream” in the morning.
Goodnight,Denese
