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WGUS74 KMRX 101841

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TNZ083-101930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

240 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



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

COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN RHEA COUNTY. THIS 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN THE NEXT HOUR...BUT SOME  

MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO 

BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 330 PM.



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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