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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1220 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR BLEDSOE COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT...



AT 1216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PIKEVILLE. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE...

OLD CUMBERLAND...PIKEVILLE...MOUNT CREST...MELVINE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO 

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR ACROSS THE 

CUMBERLAND PLATEAU IN BLEDSOE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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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