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Car stuck in high water in Knox Co.; flooding reported across East TN

The call came in to dispatch around 7:30 a.m. Friday.

Crews with Rural Metro Fire and Knox County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call for help Friday morning after a family of three got stuck in a car in high water, Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro confirmed.  

The woman and two children had gotten out of the car by the time crews arrived, Bagwell said. No injuries were reported.

The car had stalled in a driveway, surrounded by a lot of mud and standing water.

Bagwell said he believes they drove into high water that had pooled in the driveway. 

"That's what we tell people over and over again not to do," Bagwell said. 

The incident occurred near Thorngrove Pike and John Sevier Highway in Knox County. 

Steady rains fell on East Tennessee on Thursday night and Friday morning, and were expected to continue through Friday. 

RELATED: Locally heavy rain will last into Friday

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs asked those traveling to be careful in a tweet this morning.

2018 was one of the wettest years on record for East Tennessee, and the wettest overall for the entire Tennessee River Valley, the Tennessee Valley Authority confirmed Thursday. 

RELATED: 2018 on track to be top 10 wettest years on record

In Sevier County, several roads had reports of flooding, according to dispatchers. 

Credit: WBIR

Road barriers had been put up at the intersection of New River Divide Road at Henderson Springs Road to stop people from driving the road, which had a good amount of flooding. The intersection is near the west prong of the Little Pigeon River. 

There were also reports of flooding on Maples Branch Road.

In Anderson County, authorities were shutting down Airport Road in Oliver Springs due to flooding, dispatchers said.

Blount County dispatchers said they had reports of several trees down, but had been cleared out of the way. They had no flooding reports. Cocke and Roane counties also had reports of trees down. 

Cumberland County dispatch said there were several road closures due to flooding. 

10News will update this story with any new information. 

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