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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

704 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM EDT...



AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIAWASSE

DAM...OR 8 MILES EAST OF DUCKTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING

SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE...

HIAWASSE DAM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 

ONE AND A HALF AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF 

RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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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