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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

630 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE 

AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM...



AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND 

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING 

THEIR BANKS AND URBAN FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE PAST HOUR. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED...IT 

WILL TAKE ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF FOR THE WATERS IN FLOODED AREAS TO 

COMPLETELY RECEDE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 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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