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TNZ017-120000-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

545 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM EDT...



AT 545 PM EDT...7 MILES EAST OF BRISTOL TN...OVER THE SOUTH HOLSTON 

LAKE AREA...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS 

PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REPORTED EXTREMELY HEAVY 

DOWNPOURS.



SMALL STREAMS WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS ONTO RURAL ROADS. 

URBANIZED AREAS WILL ALSO LIKELY FLOOD...ESPECIALLY UNDERPASSES AND 

PARKING LOTS...MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT.



STAY OUT OF FLOODED ROADS AND DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY AROUND 

SWOLLEN CREEKS OR DITCHES.



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