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Rain floods streets, closes schools

Posted by The Knoxville Journal on January 15th, 2013
Photo by Paul Shoemaker

Photo by Paul Shoemaker

Continual rainfall has caused some flooding in East Tennessee resulting in some school closings and street closings.

More than two and a half inches of rain fell in the Knoxville area on Sunday and Monday with another two or three inches expected before letting up. The heavy rain has caused many school systems to close and flooded streets to be impassible.

For a list of school schedules and street closings go to Read More

Blount County Schools Closed 1/14/2013 1/15/2013
Cross Creek Christian School Closed 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Crossville Christian School 2 HR Delay 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Cumberland County Schools 2 HR Delay 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Fentress County Schools 1 HR Delay 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Grainger County Schools Closing at 11:30 am 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Greene County Schools Closed 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Hawkins County Schools Closed 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
McMinn County Schools Closed 1/14/2013 1/15/2013
Meigs County Schools Closed 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Monroe County Schools Closed 1/14/2013 1/15/2013
Sevier County Schools Closed 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Sweetwater City Schools Closed 1/14/2013 1/15/2013
Tennessee Wesleyan College Closed 1/15/2013 1/15/2013
Union County Schools 2 HR Delay 1/14/2013 1/15/2013

Streets affected by flooding include

• Knox County 

• Dutch Valley at Anderson Place

West Emory at Pollier

Blount County
Barricades up at :

Chota Road and Allegheny Loop

Calderwood Highway at Porter Bridge

Blackberry Way at McGhee Road

Near Walland -

West Miller’s Cove Road near the churches

Blockhouse Road at New Blockhouse road

Centennial Church Road and Helton

Pea Ridge Road at River Ford Road,

River Ford Road at Ellejoy

Townsend

Carrs Creek Road

Lover’s Lane

Cedar Creek Road – barricades began at midnight Monday night

 

Monroe County

Closed

Black Mountain Rd and Barney Creek

Old Federal Rd and Husky Rd.

Fairview Rd at the Bridge

Sevier County
Closed

Burdern Hill (Bridge)

Flooded

Apple Valley Rd.

Pigeon Forge

Closed

River Divide

Willow View

Tiger Dr.

Bud Ln.

Areas of 425 & 437 Sugar Hollow Rd (trees and power lines down)

Flooded

Golden Circle at Bud Lane

Oldham Circle at Boogertown

River Divide

Battle Hill Area

Seymour

Closed

Happy Creek at Heather Lane

Flooded

Long Branch Rd. at Heather Lane

Sevier County

Flooded

Whites School Rd (Both entrances)

River Divide Rd.

Pittman Center

Flooded

Webb Creek

River Song Way (both evacutated)

English Mountain

Flooded

Jones Cove at Camp Hollow

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