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TNZ098-101700-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1005 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT...



AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND MONTEAGLE...OR 

14 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING 

SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE...

MONTEAGLE...MARTIN SPRINGS...JASPER...HALETOWN (GUILD)...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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.



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