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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

745 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CONTINUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...WASHINGTON AND GREENE COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE

UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



AT 745 PM...RECENT REPORTS CONFIRM THAT FLOODING CONTINUES...WITH 

NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND SEVERAL BRIDGES DAMAGES OR DESTROYED.



ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING

INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.



THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER HAS EXCEEDED ITS BANKS IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS 

INCLUDES THE CREEKS THAT FEED INTO THE RIVER. ISOLATED SHOWER 

ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.



HARDEST HIT AREAS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ARE IN THE TELFORD AND 

LIMESTONE AREAS EXTENDING TO THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER. MANY ROAD 

CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED INCLUDING.

CLARKS CREEK...FRANK STANTON...CORBY BRIDGE...LITTLE CASSI CREEK

...YANKEE CAMP....PAINTER CREEK...BEARFIELD...AND UPPER AND LOWER END

OF CASSI RD.



NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE DAVE CROCKETT LAKE

AREA OF GREENE COUNTY. TRAVEL AROUND THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE 

COUNTY...ANYWHERE NEAR THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS 

DANGEROUS DUE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS...DESPITE THE LACK OF LOCAL RAINFALL.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST 

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES, DIPS, OR 

LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING 

STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE RISING WATER. 



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