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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

541 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM

EDT...



AT 541 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...CAMP CREEK...CEDAR CREEK...AND 

HOUSTON VALLEY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 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.



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 3610 8305 3593 8287 3606 8260 3630 8268



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