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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

816 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COCKE COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 811 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES NORTHEAST       

  OF DEL RIO...OR 13 MILES EAST OF NEWPORT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS       

  PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  DEL RIO...PARROTTSVILLE...14 MILES EAST OF BYBEE...14 MILES EAST OF

  NEWPORT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT

2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



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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