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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...RETRANSMITTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

744 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR COCKE COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT...



AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN HARTFORD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST 

OF NEWPORT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE...DEL 

RIO...ROUND MOUNTAIN...AND HARTFORD.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN 

IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR...BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM DISSIPATES 

BY 9 PM.



AT 741 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN HARTFORD WITH STREAMS RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. THE SPOTTER ALSO 

REPORTED WATER FROM STREAMS STARTING TO GO OVER LOCAL ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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