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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

539 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UNICOI COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM

EDT...



AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL IN BANNER HILL. THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BANNER HILL...ERWIN...UNICOI... 

AND LIMESTONE COVE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL  

INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



AT 533 PM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING AND ROAD 

CLOSURES...ALONG HIGHWAY 107...FROM UNICOI TO THE NORTH CAROLINA 

BORDER. ADDITIONAL STREET FLOODING...CAROLINA AVENUE...WAS REPORTED 

IN ERWIN.  TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE LOCATIONS.



AT 533 PM EDT...THE RAIN GAUGE ON IRON MOUNTAIN REPORTED 2.17 INCHES 

OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS.



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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