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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

437 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LIMESTONE COVE...OR 11 MILES

  EAST OF ERWIN.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS     

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS    

  WILL MOVE THROUGH UNICOI COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  LIMESTONE COVE...UNICOI...BANNER HILL...AND ERWIN



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2  

INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 437 PM EDT A RAIN GAUGE ON IRON MOUNTAIN REPORTED 1.7 INCHES OF 

RAIN OVER THE LAST HOUR. 



PERSONS ALONG INDIAN CREEK...OR OTHER STREAMS THAT FLOW INTO INDIAN 

CREEK...NEED TO TAKE ACTION NOW



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.



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