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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1028 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 130 PM EDT



* AT 1025 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR HAMPTON AND ROANE MOUNTAIN

  THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  RURAL CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY AT 1030 AM EDT



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT

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

AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 

1 HOUR.



AT 1020 AM EDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE LITTLE DOE RIVER

AND STONEY CREEK WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS

THE TOWNS OF HAMPTON AND ROANE MOUNTAIN.



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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