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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1130 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 530 PM EDT



* AT 1120 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF EXTREME RAIN OVER 

THE MOUNTAINOUS PORTIONS OF COCKE...GREENE...AND WASHINGTON 

COUNTIES. RAIN RATES RANGE FROM ONE INCH PER HOUR TO OVER 2.5 INCHES 

PER HOUR. THIS RATE HAS PERSISTED SINCE VERY EARLY THIS MORNING.



EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE IN ALL THREE COUNTIES.



FOR COCKE COUNTY...



PROBLEMS EXIST IN THE HOUSTON VALLEY AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 107 NEAR THE 

GREENE COUNTY LINE. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND TRAILERS AND ON 

THE HIGHWAY.  IN DEL RIO...ONE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED 

IN TOWN.



FOR GREENE COUNTY...



EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING IN THE MIDDLE CREEK ROAD AREA SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 107 IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN IS NOW 

FALLING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN DAVY CROCKETT 

LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS.



FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY...



EVACUATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ALONG LIMESTONE CREEK NEAR HIGHWAY 11E 

AND SOUTH TO HIGHWAY 107.



EVEN THOUGH FLOODING WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... 

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. 

FLOODING WILL LIKELY RESUME IN SOME AREAS.



IN SHORT...THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT TRAVEL IN 

THESE COUNTIES UNLESS YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING INTO A FLOODED 

AREA. STAY AWAY FROM OFFICIAL EVACUATION AREAS. OBEY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THEIR DUTY.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM WATER TODAY. THIS IS NOT A TIME TO PLAY IN 

THE RAIN.



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