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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

540 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WISE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM EDT...



AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PARDEE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST

OF NORTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL LIKELY 

RESULT IN FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN WISE COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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