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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

857 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CONTINUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...



FLOOD WATERS AROUND THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER HAVE RECEDED SOME THIS EVENING

...HOWEVER AREAS IN SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY REMAIN FLOODED. MANY 

ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED AND SEVERAL BRIDGES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. WIDELY

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THE SEVERITY OF FLOODING

ALONG AND ACROSS ROADWAYS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AT NIGHT.

YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. TAKE ACTION NOW

IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE WATER. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE ON

FOOT.



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