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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

717 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR UNICOI COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT...



AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ERWIN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ERWIN...LIMESTONE COVE...UNICOI.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 1 HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF 

RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 1 HOUR.



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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