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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

342 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



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

COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT...



AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF 

WISE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BWTWEEN  

TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO

HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH 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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