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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1152 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CONTINUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE UNTIL 600 AM EDT...



FLOOD WATERS AROUND THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER HAVE RECEDED SOME SINCE 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON...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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