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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

108 PM EST TUE MAR 20 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND CLAY AND

CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS OBSERVED EARLIER ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS

OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND CLAY AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES HAS DECREASED

IN AREA AND INTENSITY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. UPDATED MODEL

DATA INDICATES THAT HIGHER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN EAST OF

THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  SO...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS

BEEN CANCELLED.



STILL...DUE TO THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HEAVIER RAINS THAT

PRODUCED SOME LOCAL PONDING OF WATER...MOTORISTS NEED TO USE CAUTION

IN THIS REGION...AND ARE URGED TO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.



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