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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

445 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR BLOUNT AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 645

PM EDT...



AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN MONROE

COUNTY MOVING VERY SLOWLY INTO CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALSO ESTIMATED THAT ONE 

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

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT URBANIZED AREAS 

WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL LIKELY FLOOD. UNDERPASSES ARE ESPECIALLY BAD 

PLACES.  ALSO...SMALLER CREEKS WILL PROBABLY OVERFLOW THEIR 

BANKS...MAKING DRIVING A NUISANCE. 



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...WATER

CATCHMENTS...AND WATERWAYS. SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME

A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.



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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