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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

358 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN MOUNTAIN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORM

WAS STATIONARY.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING 

INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN CITY...AND SHADY VALLEY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 

2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS... AND COUNTRY ROADS. 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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