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TNZ040-041-073-074-100030-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

624 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR COCKE AND SEVIER COUNTIES UNTIL 830

PM EDT...



AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN COSBY...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF

NEWPORT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

INCLUDE...PITTMAN CENTER...NEWPORT...PARROTTSVILLE...DEL RIO.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



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.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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