

000 

WGUS74 KMRX 300004

FFSMRX

TNZ017-018-046-047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-300019-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

804 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND CARTER...

SULLIVAN...AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM...



HEAVY RAINS THAT CAUSED WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS ALL BUT CEASED OVER

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TENNESSEE.  A FEW ISOLATED

SHOWERS WILL STILL MOVE ACROSS ALREADY FLOODED AREAS BUT THESE WILL

NOT LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION IN THIS STATEMENT...

BUT DAMAGE HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD. MANY ROADS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED...

MANY OTHERS ARE IMPASSABLE AND SOME BRIDGES ARE DESTROYED.

EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY LOCATIONS.



THIS IS STILL A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE WORST THING

YOU CAN DO IS TO TRAVEL IN UNKNOWN AREAS AFTER DARK.  WATER COVERING

ROADS IS NEARLY INVISIBLE AT NIGHT.



NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADS IT IS LIKELY DEEPER THAN YOU

THINK. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND SWOLLEN STREAMS.



THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

MORRISTOWN...TENNESSEE WILL ISSUE CONCERNING THIS FLOODING EVENT...

UNLESS NEW...PERTINENT INFORMATION COMES IN TO US.

