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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

227 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CARTER

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE UNTIL 5 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SHOWERS WITH RAIN RATES OF ONE TO TWO

INCHES PER HOUR FROM AROUND RIPSHIN LAKE TO WHITE ROCKS MOUNTAIN

NEAR THE TOWN OF ROAN MOUNTAIN.  THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE

HEADWATERS OF THE DOE RIVER AND ITS SMALL TRIBUTARIES.



NEW STORMS WILL FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND MOVE OVER THE

SAME AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. AS A RESULT...SMALL STREAMS

AND URBANIZED AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD.



NEVER DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS  STAY AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS WHICH

ARE FLOOD PRONE. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN STREAMS.



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