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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1005 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WASHINGTON...COCKE AND GREENE

COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT...



AT 10 AM EDT...EMERGENCY OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING IN 

VARIOUS AREAS OF COCKE...GREENE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE 

HARDEST HIT AREAS ARE THE MIDDLE CREEK ROAD...HORSE CREEK ROAD...AND 

OLD JONESBORO ROAD AREAS IN GREENE COUNTY...FROM LIMESTONE SOUTH TO 

THE UNICOI COUNTY LINE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...AND THE HOUSTON VALLEY 

AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 107 IN COCKE COUNTY.



OFFICIALS IN GREENE COUNTY WERE EVACUATING ADDITIONAL HOMES IN THE 

MIDDLE CREEK ROAD AREA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN COCKE COUNTY ALSO REPORTED A LARGE 

BOULDER WASHED ONTO HIGHWAY 107 NEAR THE GREENE COUNTY LINE WHICH 

WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TUSCULUM... PARROTTSVILLE... 

NEWPORT...LIMESTONE...LIBERTY...LEESBURG...JONESBOROUGH... 

HARTFORD...GREENEVILLE AND DEL RIO.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER IS DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 

WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DITCHES AND STORM DRAINS AND CREEKS. THIS IS 

NO TIME TO PLAY IN THE WATER.



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