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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

206 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM EDT...



AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR KNOXVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AROUND 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

INCLUDE...KIMBERLIN HEIGHTS...MASCOT...STRAWBERRY PLAINS...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR IN EAST KNOXVILLE. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY COUNTRY

ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO

FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



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