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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

250 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WISE...CITY OF NORTON...LEE...

CARTER...UNICOI...SULLIVAN...HAWKINS AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM

EDT...



AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

LEE...WISE AND SCOTT COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS 

HAWKINS...SULLIVAN...CARTER AND UNICOI COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE.  1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THESE 

COUNTIES...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  IN 

ADDITION...DRAINAGE DITCHES AS WELL AS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS 

MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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