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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

638 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UNICOI COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM

EDT...



AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS STOPPED. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING

STILL EXISTS FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...UNICOI...LIMESTONE COVE...AND 

ERWIN.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3  

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS 

RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN.



AT 630 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREAMS OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS...WATER OVER ROADS AND SEVERAL HOUSES THREATED BY WATER...IN 

MANY LOCATIONS IN UNICOI COUNTY. SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES 

INCLUDED...TEMPLE HILL...SANDY BOTTOM...AND UNICOI.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD

WATERS.



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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LAT...LON 3616 8250 3603 8235 3615 8221 3625 8233



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