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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

538 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST

TENNESSEE...



SCOTT

CLAIBORNE

ANDERSON

UNION

KNOX

GRAINGER

HAMBLEN

JEFFERSON

SEVIER

COCKE



UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING.



RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS HAVE EXCEEDED FIVE INCHES

IN PLACES AND HAVE SATURATED THE SOIL OVER LARGE PARTS OF THE REGION.

THIS HAS BROUGHT MANY SMALL STREAMS TO BANKFULL.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAINS WILL CAUSE THOSE STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



IN ADDITION...URBANIZED AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLOODING AND

SOME ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS WILL LIKELY FLOOD MAKING TRAVEL

DIFFICULT.



ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON IN SOME LOCATIONS BY 8 PM

SUNDAY EVENING.



STAY ALERT IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE SUNDAY EVENING. NEVER DRIVE INTO

FLOODED ROADS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DITCHES AND STREAMS. FOR

MORE INFORMATION...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL

RADIO AND TV THAT CARRIES WEATHER INFORMATION.

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