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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

419 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CARTER AND UNICOI COUNTIES UNTIL 615

PM EDT...



AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN ROAN MOUNTAIN...OR 13 MILES 

SOUTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST INTO UNICOI COUNTY. THIS 

STORMS WERE ALSO NEARLY STATIONARY. 



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE... 

ROAN MOUNTAIN...HAMPTON...AND ERWIN.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2  

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...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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