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TNZ098-130045-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

551 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



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

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...



AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER. THE

THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

WHITWELL...MARTIN SPRINGS...JASPER...SOUTH PITTSBURG...AND HALETOWN 

(GUILD).



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN 

IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS... AND COUNTRY ROADS. 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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