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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

431 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON AND GREENE COUNTIES

UNTIL 530 AM EDT...



AT 431 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS STOPPED. POCKETS OF MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED... 

HOWEVER...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS FROM THE 

RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN.



LOCAL AND STATE EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS ARE 

TAKING PLACE IN GREENE COUNTY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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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LAT...LON 3618 8313 3603 8284 3635 8234 3642 8248



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