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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

245 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ELIZABETHTON...AND 

  ANOTHER FROM RIPSHIN LAKE TO NEAR BURBANK.  THE THUNDERSTORMS 

  PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.  RAIN RATES

  WERE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  ELIZABETHTON...HUNTER...HAMPTON...VALLEY FORGE...ROAN MOUNTAIN



AT 230 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED SERIOUS STREET

FLOODING IN ELIZABETHTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

FLASH 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.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN CREEKS OR DITHES.



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LAT...LON 3641 8219 3628 8231 3621 8220 3611 8211

          3618 8200 3634 8201



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