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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

800 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EASTERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 

AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE 

CENTRAL/SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE SMOKIES/SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 

UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST (11 PM CST)...



ALTHOUGH A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL SHIFT EAST AROUND 35 MPH THIS 

EVENING ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH 

CAROLINA...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WILL DECREASE AS THE EVENING WEARS ON.  



THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THE AREA WILL GREATLY DIMINISH. 

HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A HARRIMAN...TO KNOXVILLE...TO NEWPORT 

LINE UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING AND CAUSE SOME 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO BE NEAR BANKFULL THROUGH MIDNIGHT EST 

(11 PM CST). DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS 

IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 



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