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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

730 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT CONCERNING CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST

VIRGINIA...EXTREME NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...

CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...





...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...



EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS THAT CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OVER

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAVE GENERALLY CEASED. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS

STILL PLAGUES THE AREA. RIVERS ARE GENERALLY STILL RISING AND SOME

EVACUATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.



THE SITUATION REMAINS DANGEROUS. REPORTS OF DAMAGING FLOODS ARE TOO

NUMEROUS TO MENTION.  MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED OR DAMAGED. AT NIGHT IT

BECOMES ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.  IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL...NEVER DRIVE

INTO WATER



...CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...CENTRAL VALLEY...SMOKY MOUNTAINS...



STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS REMAINS A PROBLEM IN

SOME AREAS.  AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE SUCH AS PARTS OF KNOXVILLE AND

OTHER URBAN CENTERS ARE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL IN. SMALL

STREAMS IN RURAL AREAS ARE ALSO EXCEEDING THEIR BANKS. THE SHOWERS

CAUSING THIS IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND WILL ENTER NORTH

CAROLINA...WHERE WATER DRAINS THE OTHER DIRECTION...BY LATE EVENING.

THE STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS SHOULD BEGIN TO DRAIN BETTER AFTER THE

RAIN PASSES.



STILL...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED UNDERPASSES OR WHERE WATER IS ON

THE ROAD. IT IS PROBABLY DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.



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