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TNZ043-122115-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

342 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT...



AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTHEAST OF GREENEVILLE. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

CEDAR CREEK...CAMP CREEK...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO AN 

INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR ACROSS 

SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 

OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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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