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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

817 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 814 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM HARTFORD TO DEL RIO TO GREENEVILLE 

TO LIMESTONE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREENE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES REPORTED SEVERAL 

CLOSED ROADS AROUND HIGHWAY 107 AND THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER 

VALLEY...AND EVACUATIONS IN GREENE COUNTY NEAR MIDDLE CREEK ROAD.



SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF COCKE 

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME

A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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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