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TNZ014-040300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

843 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001





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

CLAIBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE

CONTINUED TO REFORM OVER CLAIBORNE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WILL

LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...ALONG WITH PONDING ON

ROADS.



THE STORMS ARE RAINING THE HARDEST OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF

THE COUNTY...WEST OF TAZEWELL.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN

AND MOVE EAST OF CLAIBORNE COUNTY BY 10 PM.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



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