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TNZ098-101700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1105 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR MARION 

COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT...



AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS MOST OF MARION COUNTY. 

HEAVIER RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT 

EAST AROUND 10 MPH...AND MAY AFFECT MARION COUNTY BEFORE NOON CDT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER MARION COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO 

HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR AS HEAVIER RAINFALL MOVES TOWARD THE COUNTY.



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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