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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

759 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 753 AM EDT...GREENE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER 

ACROSS THE ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY.  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH

TORRENTIAL RAINS WAS LOCATED FROM COCKE TO SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY.  

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST 

AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  CANEY BRANCH...CEDAR CREEK...CAMP CREEK



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2 

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

2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...THIS

STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLANDS...AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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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