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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

938 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNICOI COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT



* AT 933 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR UNICOI...OR 4 MILES 

  EAST OF ERWIN.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS

  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  UNICOI...ERWIN...BANNER HILL



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER

THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



AT 930 AM EDT UNICOI COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ROCK CREEK

WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS PRODUCING FLOODING IN THE CITY OF UNICOI.



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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