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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

905 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COCKE COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM EDT...



AT 905 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN COCKE AND SOUTHERN

GREENE COUNTIES.  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CANEY BRANCH...CEDAR CREEK...CAMP

CREEK...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT

IN EXCESS OF 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS NEAR 

THE COCKE AND GREENE COUNTY LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE 

EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



AT 850 AM EDT GREENE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY.  ALSO...WATER ACROSS

THE ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING.



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 3612 8306 3595 8310 3590 8296 3614 8268



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