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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

514 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SEVIER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AT THE PARK HEADQUARTERS NEAR    

  SUGARLANDS...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATLINBURG.  THE THUNDERSTORM   

  PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  FIGHTING CREEK IS

  UNDER THIS STORM. FIGHTING CREEK FLOWS INTO THE WEST PRONG OF THE

  LITTLE PIGEON RIVER.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ELKMONT...GATLINBURG...PITTMAN CENTER...SUGARLANDS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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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