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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

340 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HAMILTON 

COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...



AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF SODDY-DAISY. 

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

SODDY-DAISY...SHADY GROVE...SALE CREEK...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR ALONG THE CUMBERLAND 

PLATEAU NEAR SODDY-DAISY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH 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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