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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

458 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WASHINGTON...WISE...CITY OF NORTON...

LEE...CARTER...UNICOI...SULLIVAN...RUSSELL...HAWKINS...JOHNSON...CITY 

OF BRISTOL...SCOTT...GREENE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM...



AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST 

TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL STREAMS 

OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AND URBAN FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL BRING 

ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST 

TENNESSEE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

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

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.



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