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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

650 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISON...

  OR NEAR CHATTANOOGA.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD   

  WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH

  HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST INTO HAMILTON COUNTY FROM

  MARION COUNTY AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  HARRISON...MIDDLE VALLEY...SODDY-DAISY...SHADY GROVE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 1 HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 640 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS STREET FLOODING

ACROSS THE CHATTANOOGA AREA AS WELL AS FLOODING IN HOMES IN THE 

CITY OF HIXSON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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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