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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

425 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM EDT...



AT 420 AM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING 

WITH UP TO 1/2 FOOT OF WATER IN A HOME IN STONE CREEK.  MUDSLIDES

AND ROADS UNDERWATER WERE REPORTED BETWEEN 221 AM AND 327 AM EDT

...IN JONESVILLE...ABOVE DRYDEN AND PENNINGTON GAP...AND IN DEEP 

SPRINGS.  



RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY IN LEE COUNTY...BUT SCATTERED

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK.

RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE HIGH WATER 

PROBLEMS...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS

AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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