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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

915 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CARTER... 

WASHINGTON...UNICOI AND JOHNSON COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM 

EDT...



AT 910 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN ERWIN AND 

ROANE MOUNTAIN. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR IN THESE AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING 

EAST AROUND 10 MPH.



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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