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TNZ073-074-090100-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

659 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SEVIER COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM...



AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SEVEIRVILLE AND GATLINBURG. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

INCLUDE...GATLINBURG...PIGEON FORGE...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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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