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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

642 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE UNTIL 745 PM...



AT 640 PM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY... 

TENNESSEE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF JONESBOROUGH AND 

SURROUNDING AREAS...AND IN SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 

107.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE HOUR RAIN RATES 

UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAIN TOTALS IN SOME AREAS WILL NO DOUBT 

EXCEED 4 INCHES IN ABOUT 2 HOURS.



MOST OF THIS STREET FLOODING HAS SHUT DOWN ROADS TO ONE LANE OR 

TEMPORARILY CLOSED SOME STREETS.  PLEASE STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS. 

DO NOT DRIVE ONTO FLOODED ROADS. THE WATER IS LIKELY DEEPER THAN IT 

LOOKS.



KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM SWOLLEN DITCHES AND STREAMS. THEY LOOK FUN 

TO PLAY IN...BUT THEY ARE DANGEROUS.



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