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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

115 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR UNICOI COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...



THIS MEANS THAT SMALL STREAM...DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND URBANIZED 

AREAS ARE MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD.



AT 115 PM EDT...A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROCKY 

FORK WHICH FLOWS INTO SOUTH INDIAN CREEK IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST UNICOI 

COUNTY.



ANYWHERE IN UNICOI THAT HAS RECEIVED RAIN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO 

FLOOD. MOUNTAINOUS AREAS NEAR THE GREENE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY LINES 

ARE ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO FLOOD.



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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