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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

626 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OVERTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  PICKETT COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

  EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 625 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR BYRDSTOWN IN PICKETT COUNTY...

  SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OVERTON COUNTY...TO NEAR MONTEREY

  IN EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE STROMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS

  BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE

  TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW

LYING AREAS AND ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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