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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1015 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST CARTER COUNTY UNTIL 1215 

PM EDT...



AT 1011 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST CARTER COUNTY NEAR 

ROANE MOUNTAIN. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH.



LOCATIONS THAT MAY HAVE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INCLUDE...

ROAN MOUNTAIN...ELK MILLS...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO 

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

INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SOME SMALL CREEKS WERE BEGINNING TO RUN 

ABOVE BANKFULL. 



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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