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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

335 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



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

CITY OF NORTON CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT...



AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING NEAR WISE AND NORTON. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL 

DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS WILL STILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS DURING 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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